- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Dagger, made of cassowary bone, the bone is cut and hollowed to form the blade. [AB [OPS Move] 25/11/2016]
- Long description
- Dagger, made of cassowary bone, the bone is cut and hollowed to form the blade. The handle resembles the natural bone, from here the bone blade tapers to a pointed tip. Below the handle there are six carved notches on the edge of the bone. [AB [OPS Move] 25/11/2016]
- Geographical reference
- West Papua
- Person
- Field collector Mrs Cockrill or Cockerill
- PRM source Ipswich Museum
- PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1940
- Date collected
- By 1940
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1966
- Materials and processes
- Material Cassowary Bone Bird, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 20 mm, Width: max 28 mm, Length: max 223 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1966.1.993 Other numbers: R.1940.1.43
1966.1.993
Dagger, made of cassowary bone, the bone is cut and hollowed to form the blade. [AB [OPS Move] 25/11/2016]
1966.1.993
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