Five Abelam daggers

Five Abelam daggers

Papua New Guinea

cassowary bone, with stylised carved decoration, including a lizard with red pigment, one with three stars and three repeated bands with red pigment and collection F.93, one with two stars and a flying squirrel, with handwritten label Maurok/Magapita - Mamblep, 28.8.62 Kivulamaggura main design both bands. Gwarin - flying squirrel? (tagwa) star design.,

the longest 41cm. (5)

Provenance

Anthony Forge, 1929 - 1992, Anthropologist.