- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Dagger made of cassowary bone, carved into the form of a cassowary. The blade tapers to a point and is carved with stylised ?human and ?animal figures.
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1980
- Date collected
- August 1980
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1981
- Materials and processes
- Material Cassowary Bone Bird, Process Carved, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length: max 368 mm, Width: max 80 mm, Depth: max 37 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1981.10.44 Other numbers: PR 22
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