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Bone dagger

Made of cassowary femur, with spiral ornaments, is attached to the upper arm in a braided ring

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Abelam (?)
Object type
Dolch
Dimensions
L 36 cm
Material/Technique
Cassowary bone
split, Leg carving
Object genre
weapon
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 56
Other number(s)
56

Provenance and sources

where
Astrolabe Bay

when
before September 1909
where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Wahnes, Carl - Owners

when
29.06.1953
where
Mainz
who
Schneider, Edith - Sellers
Description
E. Schneider (Neu-Isenburg) sold eight properties to JGU Mainz.

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