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2nd March 2006, 06:43 PM
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It is not metal
Here a knife papou.
It is in bone. It is a fémur of casoar galvano |
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2nd March 2006, 07:14 PM
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Very nice, love the scabbard, first make your string
 great condition  .
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2nd March 2006, 07:21 PM
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As a preihistoric archaeologist these kind of things always fascinate me
 No one can show pics of axes or adzes with stone blade? I have only one small adze and later i will post some pics
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2nd March 2006, 07:53 PM
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Here are pics. The blade seems more and more time re-sharpenned
I don't know for sure the provenience, but i think New Guinea, maybe Irian Jaya 
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3rd March 2006, 02:12 AM
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As Galvano pointed out, a sharpened cassowary leg bone is pretty characteristic of Papua. Whether it's from Papua New Guinea or Irian Jaya is anyone's guess. I don't see anything stylistic that would help.
There's a nice description of the use of these daggers by the Miyanmin (central PNG) in Tim Flannery's Throwim Way Leg, which is a fun book in any case. F |
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