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1884.118.45

Cassowary bone dagger. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 19/11/2004]


1884.118.45

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cassowary bone dagger. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 19/11/2004]
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1876
Date collected
?1872 - 1876
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Cassowary Bone Bird, Process Carved, Process Hollowed
Dimensions
Length: max 322 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.118.45 PR no.: 453/ 12191
Research and responses

Note that the object might have been collected on the HMS Challenger expedition 1872 - 1876. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon