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Dagger of cassowary bone
Ethnicity: Papuans.
Place of origin: Papua New Guinea.
Geographical location of the place of origin: Gorendu village, Maclay Coast.
Material: cassowary bone.
Technique: carving.
Dimensions: length — 30 cm.
Date: second decade of the XXI century (approx. 2014-2015).
Collector: private, Nickolay Nikolaevich Miklouho-Maclay.
Time of use: 2017.
Usage: hunting.
Condition: satisfactory.
The Kunstkamera collections analogue: Number МАЭ № 168-14, МАЭ № 168-11/в, МАЭ № 168-15 (not fully identical: a fork, a spatula, a spoon made of bone).
Keywords: peoples of Australia and Oceania, Papuans, Maclay Coast