Dagger

Dagger

This dagger has no engraved decoration.
The condyle is entirely covered with cowrie shells (monetaria moneta) attached by a mineral torchis.
Trace of cloth and red beads
Label: G 718
Cassowary bone, tibiotarse
Height: 36cm
Gulf of Papua

Provenance:
– Collected by Thomas Schultze Westrum in 1966 on the island of Urama
– Collection Jolika de Marcia & John Friede