Papua New Guinea

Vtg Papua New Guinea Cassowary Bird Bone Traditional Ceremonial Dagger Asmat

Vtg Papua New Guinea Cassowary Bird Bone Traditional Ceremonial Dagger Asmat
Vtg Papua New Guinea Cassowary Bird Bone Traditional Ceremonial Dagger Asmat

Vtg Papua New Guinea Cassowary Bird Bone Traditional Ceremonial Dagger Asmat

Vtg Papua New Guinea Cassowary Bird Bone Traditional Ceremonial Dagger Asmat Tribe. Pisuwe is a dagger from the island of New Guinea. Pi pisuwe are for those that are made with Cassowary bird bone. Prior to the colonization of the Dutch in the 1950s, these daggers are carried by the Asmat people and they are used only in ritual killings.

These daggers are usually embellished with Cassowary feathers at the pommel and decorated with carved in artworks depicting humans and animals. Asmat men would wear this dagger as part of their traditional attire during customary ceremonies by girding it on the side of their waist.


Vtg Papua New Guinea Cassowary Bird Bone Traditional Ceremonial Dagger Asmat