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A warrior’s dagger decorated with deeply incised motifs. The articulation is covered with a knotted bush-fiber string snood and embellished with thirteen cassowary feather tassels (possibly indicating the number of heads taken by the warrior. Asmat People, Irian Jaya, Indonesian New Guinea, Melanesia. Human bone, fiber, coix lacrima seeds and cassowary feathers. 33 cm. 20th century. Ex private Dutch collection.
