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Tim Simmons · 2nd June 2012, 07:16 PM

Again wordy wordy but not so messy. Perhaps the bats teeth or indeed the teeth of some other PNG mammal or marsupial offer totemic protection? Flying Fox designs are found on Asmat shields.

http://camel.minpaku.ac.jp/dspace/bi.../SES47_005.pdf

2nd June 2012, 07:16 PM	#9
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,842	Again wordy wordy but not so messy. Perhaps the bats teeth or indeed the teeth of some other PNG mammal or marsupial offer totemic protection? Flying Fox designs are found on Asmat shields. http://camel.minpaku.ac.jp/dspace/bi.../SES47_005.pdf