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Lot 998      

Estimate $60
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $100

INDONESIAN NEW GUINEA, large Cassawary bone dagger decorated with cassowary plumes. Dagger is 14 inches long and the knuckle is covered with woven net. Comes from the Asmat people who were said to have eaten Michael Rockefellerin 1961.

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