Middle Sepik dagger.

VANDOO · 8th March 2016, 07:14 PM

#1. AZMAT, NORTH WEST COAST NEW GUINEA
#2. TWO NICE EXAMPLES OF THE DAGGERS WITH FACES

VANDOO · 9th June 2016, 09:49 PM

#1. ABELAM 7 IN. LONG
#2. ABELAM 7.5 IN. LONG
#3. THRU #6. ABELAM 16 INCHES LONG.
#7 THRU # 9. ABELAM 37 CM. LONG
#10 THRU #12. ITAMUL, 12 INCH, ORCHID FIBER HANDLE AND SHEATH.

VANDOO · 24th August 2016, 09:09 PM

THREE NEW GUINEA BONE DAGGERS CASSOWARY BONE GOOD AGE AND PATINA
17 CM, 20 CM AND 24 CM.

VANDOO · 22nd October 2016, 02:09 AM

#1. 26 CM. LONG THIN DAGGER OR LIME STICK, SEPIK AREA
#2. & #3. & #4. 32 CM. LONG WOOD SEPIK DAGGER
#5. & #6. CROCODILE JAW DAGGER 19 CM. NEW GUINEA

VANDOO · 4th December 2016, 04:08 AM

A FEW MORE EXAMPLES.
#1. & #2. 27 INCH AZMAT CASSOWARY BONE DAGGER
#3. & #4. 33 CM. CASSOWARY BONE DAGGER

Battara · 4th December 2016, 06:18 PM

I did not realize the full range of artwork on these daggers!

machinist · 4th October 2020, 08:12 PM

I picked up a couple that belong in this thread, One cassowary and one from a person. I know little about these cultures so if anyone has any opinions about the engraving styles and their origin please share. As I understand it human bone daggers were taken from the skeleton of an honored ancestor rather than the victims of cannibalism. Such daggers are quite rare, a survey off American museums found 21 out of 499 daggers to be from human bones. The human one has a deep covering of soot with the orange patina of the bone peeking through. I hope this does not offend anyone, we all draw the line somewhere and we all end up as bones

8th March 2016, 07:14 PM	#1
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	#1. AZMAT, NORTH WEST COAST NEW GUINEA #2. TWO NICE EXAMPLES OF THE DAGGERS WITH FACES Attached Images

9th June 2016, 09:49 PM	#2
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	#1. ABELAM 7 IN. LONG #2. ABELAM 7.5 IN. LONG #3. THRU #6. ABELAM 16 INCHES LONG. #7 THRU # 9. ABELAM 37 CM. LONG #10 THRU #12. ITAMUL, 12 INCH, ORCHID FIBER HANDLE AND SHEATH. Attached Images

24th August 2016, 09:09 PM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THREE NEW GUINEA BONE DAGGERS CASSOWARY BONE GOOD AGE AND PATINA 17 CM, 20 CM AND 24 CM. Attached Images

22nd October 2016, 02:09 AM	#4
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	#1. 26 CM. LONG THIN DAGGER OR LIME STICK, SEPIK AREA #2. & #3. & #4. 32 CM. LONG WOOD SEPIK DAGGER #5. & #6. CROCODILE JAW DAGGER 19 CM. NEW GUINEA Attached Images

4th December 2016, 04:08 AM	#5
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	A FEW MORE EXAMPLES. #1. & #2. 27 INCH AZMAT CASSOWARY BONE DAGGER #3. & #4. 33 CM. CASSOWARY BONE DAGGER Attached Images

4th December 2016, 06:18 PM	#6
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,280	I did not realize the full range of artwork on these daggers!

4th October 2020, 08:12 PM	#7
machinist Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 93	I picked up a couple that belong in this thread, One cassowary and one from a person. I know little about these cultures so if anyone has any opinions about the engraving styles and their origin please share. As I understand it human bone daggers were taken from the skeleton of an honored ancestor rather than the victims of cannibalism. Such daggers are quite rare, a survey off American museums found 21 out of 499 daggers to be from human bones. The human one has a deep covering of soot with the orange patina of the bone peeking through. I hope this does not offend anyone, we all draw the line somewhere and we all end up as bones Attached Images