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>Costume Studies
>>1961 Asmat tesumajipic
>>>daggers
>>>>ase pisua
Subjecttesumajipic warrior
Culture: Asmat
Setting: tribal warfare, Casuarina Coast 20thc
Objectase pisua cassowary /pig femur dagger


Tropenmuseum > Nieuw-Guinea *
"Dolk[...]  Menselijk been, plantaardige vezels,
 zaden, veren en verenschachten.  Asmat (volk),
zuidkust Papoea, Indonesië.  Begin 20ste eeuw."
"Dagger[...]  Human bone, plant fibres, seeds,
feathers, feathres arrows [sic].   Asmat (people).
south coast of Papua, Indonesia.  Early 20th century."  ...

event photos

* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Pacific Islands Hall
"Engraved Bone Dagger with Fiber and Seeds for Decoration
Indonesia"  ...