Collection
Unknown
(Papua New Guinea)
- Title
- Bone dagger
- Place of origin
-
Porgera →
Enga Province →
Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Ipili people
- Year
- collected circa 1965-circa 1968
- Media category
- Arms & armour
- Materials used
- cassowary bone, seed pods, pig's tail, plant fibre string
- Dimensions
-
30.5cm length:
0 - Whole; 30.5cm (12")
0 - Whole; 4cm (1 9/16")
0 - Whole; 3.7cm (1 7/16")
- Credit
- Gift of Stan Moriarty 1978
- Accession number
- 308.1978
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This bone dagger was collected by Patrol Officer Peter J Walshe while stationed in the Western Highlands between 1965 and 1968. It was given to Stan Moriarty during one of his visits to Porgera in Enga Province in 1968.
