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Group of four ethnographic objects
Papua-Neuguinea

bone dagger, Sepik, l: 29 cm, cassowary bone, sharpened on one end, the swivel head pierced and cut on both sides, carved with diamond-shaped ornaments, bone daggers were worn in a band on the upper arm and served as a weapon for hunting and in war times; headband, l: 26 cm, string of plant fibre, with shell discs attached, cut from conus snail, the rings were regarded as means of payment and bridal dowry; comb with feather ornament «mindja», h: 14 cm/41 cm (together with cock-feather), seven teeth, fixed by a handle of knotted plant fibre; comb, h: 24 cm, cut from bamboo, 18 teeth, handle with incised ornaments
(4991/007)

Lit.:
Koch, Gert, Kultur der Abelam, Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin 1968, p. 66, ill. 118
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat., Naturwissenschaftliches Museum, Coburg 1986, p. 166

Group of four ethnographic objects
Papua-Neuguinea

bone dagger, Sepik, l: 29 cm, cassowary bone, sharpened on one end, the swivel head pierced and cut on both sides, carved with diamond-shaped ornaments, bone daggers were worn in a band on the upper arm and served as a weapon for hunting and in war times; headband, l: 26 cm, string of plant fibre, with shell discs attached, cut from conus snail, the rings were regarded as means of payment and bridal dowry; comb with feather ornament «mindja», h: 14 cm/41 cm (together with cock-feather), seven teeth, fixed by a handle of knotted plant fibre; comb, h: 24 cm, cut from bamboo, 18 teeth, handle with incised ornaments
(4991/007)

Lit.:
Koch, Gert, Kultur der Abelam, Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin 1968, p. 66, ill. 118
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat., Naturwissenschaftliches Museum, Coburg 1986, p. 166