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Kwoma

Dagger

Kwoma, 1800-1899

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Kwoma

Dagger

Kwoma, 1800-1899

Physical Qualities Bone, cowrie shells, feather quill, twine, hide, L. 14 in. (35.6 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.80
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art" , BMA 1956 pg 29. cat no. 80.
Newton, Douglas. "Mother Cassowary's Bones: Daggers of the East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea". MET Journal. Vol 24 1989. 305-325.

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