Collection Online
Medium
bone
Measurements
28.2 × 6.0 × 5.5 cm
Place/s of Execution
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
D141-1971
Department
Pacific Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Anonymous gift, 1969
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Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
The dagger carved from a tibia is concaved at the back, and tapers to a blunt point, a central running three quarters of the way down the centre and off to the right. At the top of the dagger, the ridge has two pierced holes.