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Ceremonial dagger, Yina (Ina), 19th–early 20th century
Cassowary bone, old red, white, and black pigment, feathers, fiber string
38.1 x 8.9 x 5.1 cm (15 x 3 1/2 x 2 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.279

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Collected by Anthony Forge. Anthony Forge Collection, Sydney." (Catalog #317, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 134.) EXHIBITIONS: 1991 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1991, "New Guinea Bone Carvings." PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "The five concentric circles represent the sun and are also a stylized version of the ngwalndu face. The horizontal chevrons, ara, represent the woven panels of the spirit house, korambo (Noel Mc Guigan, personal communication)." (Catalog #317, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 134.)

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