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Dagger, Amia ava , 19th–early 20th century
Cassowary leg bone
40 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm (15 3/4 x 2 x 2 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.277

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Collected by Anthony Forge; Anthony Forge Collection, Sydney." (Catalog #225, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 118.) EXHIBITIONS: 1991 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1991, "New Guinea Bone Carvings." PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "The pattern represents the scales of the crocodile." (Catalog #225, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 118.)

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