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DAGGER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (SEPIK RIVER)

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Item Details

Description

20th c.
Crocodile jaw and Cassowary feathers, fiber
20" x 6" x 2"
Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New York
The cassowary, New Guinea's flightless bird, is viewed as the mother of man in New Guinea mythology. At five feet high, it is second in size only to humans on the island. In both mythology and life, the cassowary is a large, dangerous and aggressive creature. Papuans believed that they became more aggressive and powerful when wielding daggers carved of cassowary bones.
References
Newton, Douglas. "Mother Cassowary's Bones: Daggers of the East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea": Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 24, 1989

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DAGGER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (SEPIK RIVER)

Name: DAGGER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (SEPIK RIVER)
SKU: 65594450
Price: 300 USD
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