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THB20th C. Papua New Guinea Cassowary Bone Dagger
Lot 117
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik, probably Abelam, ca. early 20th century CE. This is an awesome dagger made from a cassowary bone and capped with a pottery head inlaid with shells and feathers. The bone blade is polished and sharpened with a tapered tip, likely the thigh bone of the bird, and the knuckle joint area supports the decorative head. The stylized ovoid face has impressed sockets, open lips, pierced ears for suspending ornaments - all painted in a red, white, tan, and black pigments. The eyes, neck and brow are inlaid with cowrie and other petite shells, and wispy cowrie plumage stands up from the head. A dagger like this one was made to be used for ritual purposes, likely for initiation ceremonies. The cassowary is one of the most dangerous birds as well as highly symbolic birds in Papua New Guinea, believed by indigenous people to be both male and female and reproduce autonomously. Size: 14.75" L x 4.5" W (37.5 cm x 11.4 cm)
Provenance: ex-Lone Jack, Missouri, USA collection
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#169295Bending and snapping to feathers. Stable hairline fissures on pottery head. Minor surface abrasions to head and bone blade, but otherwise intact and very good.Condition
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