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19th November 2012, 12:24 AM
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HERE ARE SOME RECENT EXAMPLES THAT SORT OF FIT INTO THIS CATEGORY. ONE IS A BILLFISH DAGGER MADE IN NEW GUINEA, ANOTHER INCORPORATES A CASSOWARY HEAD AND ANOTHER A CASSOWARY FOOT. THE OTHER IS BONE WITH A CARVED BIRD IMAGE. THERE SEEMS TO BE A LARGE NUMBER OF NEW GUINEA BONE DAGGERS LATELY AND I SUSPECT MANY IF NOT MOST ARE NOT VERY OLD.
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29th November 2012, 02:57 PM
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HERE IS YET ANOTHER VARIATION. THIS IS A CROCODILE JAW AND CASSOWARY BONE COMBINATION DAGGER. THESE LATEST ITEMS I HAVE POSTED REMIND ME OF THE STRANGE SWORDS COMMING OUT OF AFRICA IN THE PAST INCORPORATING LIZARD AND CROCODILE HEADS AND FEET. 55 CM. LONG
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10th December 2012, 06:19 PM
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Here a very nice and old Asmat crocdile jaw dagger.
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10th December 2012, 11:16 PM
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And here a Kwoma tribe dagger from the Upper Sepik region.
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11th December 2012, 07:32 PM
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A dagger from the Prince Alexander Mountains, now in my collection.
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24th December 2012, 04:53 AM
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YET ANOTHER RECENT DESIGN LOOKS MORE INDONESIAN OR BUGIS THAN NEW GUINEA BUT INFLUENCES ARE WIDESPREAD VIA TV. SO ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
 31CM LONG
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24th December 2012, 12:21 PM
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A Sepik dagger with scabbard.
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