Dagger with a bone blade and packed mud face on top; bone is concave on front and convex on back. Face is made with black mud and has large rounded ears, a curved nose and open pouting mouth; mouth is outlined with red pigment(?). Eyes are inset cowrie shells; short, pointed bones stick out of nostrils with an additional curved bone protruding from left side of nose. Face is covered with small inset cowrie shells, with strokes and spots of white pigment throughout. Long cassowary feathers attached to top of head; small amount of grey fibre surrounds mouth.

• History Of Use

  Dagger is also called a dance wand.

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• Type of Item dagger
• Culture New Guinea
• Material bone, earth, cowrie shell, carrowary feather, pigment, fibre
• Measurements height 50.7 cm, width 23.0 cm, depth 8.8 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Eleanor Hooley
• Received from Eleanor Hooley

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• Made in Papua New Guinea

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• Collection Date during 1977
• Ownership Date before November 3, 2021
• Acquisition Date on November 3, 2021

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• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3532/0006