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Dagger
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Dagger
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 5 x 33 x 5,5 cm
Gewicht: ca. 0,4 kg
Material/Technique
Bone (Cassowary), Snail shell (cowrie, Cypraea moneta), Wood, Plant material
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 42597

Provenance and sources

when
before 1933
where
Melanesia [Großregion]
Northeast New Guinea [Insel/Region]
Middle Sepik [Fluss]
Palimbai [Dorf]
Papua New Guinea [Land]

who
F. Hentze - Former Possessors

Description
Donation from F. Hentze 1933

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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