Dagger

Possibly ceremonial bone intended to be pointed at a person for magical purpose (J. Leroy: personal communication).

Used for ceremonial purposes.

A dagger with a long, tapered, brown and black bone (human? or cassowary?) blade with a modelled red clay handle in the form of a human head. The face is painted black and white and is inlaid with a cowrie shell for each eye. It has a double headband made of cowrie shells and black curly human hair adhered to the 'head'.