| Catalog Number |
CAS 1998-0012-0001 |
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| Category |
Weaponry |
| Object Name |
Effigy dagger |
| Culture |
Melanesian |
| Global Region |
Oceania |
| Country |
Papua New Guinea |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
unknown |
| County |
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| Other Geographic
Data |
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| Maker's Name |
Unknown |
| Date of Manufacture |
ca. 1960s |
| Collection Name |
N/A |
| Materials |
Bone; Clay; Cordage; Cassowary feathers; Cowrie (Cypraeidae) shells; Snail shells |
| Description |
Dagger fashioned from longitudinal section of long bone which has been split and roughly ground to a point at distal end; Proximal end is completely encased in reddish brown clay sculpted in form of human face with pronounced nose, incised mouth, and eyes inset with cowrie shells; geometric designs are painted on face in black and white pigments; Face is edged in row of snail shells embedded in clay; Lengths of 2-ply native cordage are threaded through ears and nose; Row of cassowary feather bundles are stuck into top of effigy head. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Width = 9.4, Thickness = 5.1, Length = 52.0 |