ritual daggers

Ritual dagger carved in wood, of elongated conical form with an upper half modelled as a seated male figure and the lower half carved as a serrated human bone dagger. This wooden dagger terminates in the central kicking claw of a cassowary which is attached to the dagger with gum.

Collection Information

These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.

The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.

If you have any further information about objects in our collections or can suggest corrections to our information, please contact us: enquiry@horniman.ac.uk