Dagger
Object type: Dagger
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Mensuat region (?)
Date: late 19th–mid-20th century
Medium: Cassowary bone, feathers, shells, tradecloth, feathers, fiber, plastic beads
Dimensions: Approx., incl. decorations and mount: H. 32 × W. 10 × D. 10 × L. 15 1/2 in. (81.3 × 25.4 × 25.4 × 39.4 cm)
Classification: Bone/Ivory-Implements
Geography:     Papua New Guinea Mensuat region (?) 
River: Middle Sepik River
Credit line: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, in honor of Douglas Newton, 1990
Accession year: 1991