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Asmat Cassowary Bone Dagger (Pi Pisuwe) ancestralfigure roughly 7000 to 4500 years

Asmat Cassowary Bone Dagger (Pi Pisuwe) ancestralfigure roughly 7000 to 4500 years

Name: Asmat Cassowary Bone Dagger (Pi Pisuwe) ancestralfigure roughly 7000 to 4500 years
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Asmat Cassowary Bone Dagger (Pi Pisuwe) ancestralfigure roughly 7000 to 4500 yearsAsmat people, early to mid 20th century, Irian Jaya (Papua), Indonesia Beautiful early cassowary bone dagger, finely worked and decorated with delicate incised line motifs. Daggers of this type are known as pi pisuwe, while those carved from human femur were reserved for the most sacred and high status contexts. Although carried during displays of warfare, bone daggers were principally used in ritual killings, initiations, and ceremonial attire,

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Description

roughly 7000 to 4500 years ago

Most tools like this barbed point were lost to lakes or bogs

showcases the vibrant colors of dark brown

leaving the underside and base unglazed

often taking weeks or months to complete

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