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Daggers with obsidian blades were used as a weapon in close combat. A human face is clearly recognisable at the thickest part of the handle. The geometric shapes running towards the top of the handle can be read as an abstract representation of the human body. Nothing is known about how the indigenous people interpret these symbols.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Dolch
Dimensions
Länge: 270.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1017

Provenance and sources

when
07.12.1903

where
Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
Manus (location/origin)
who
M. H. Hilkers - Collectors

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