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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

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