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>Costume Studies
>>1968 Dani kain
>>>adze
Subjectkain chief
Culture: (n)Dani
Setting: tribal warfare, Irian Jaya highlands mid-20thc
Objectyara adze









​> event photos















* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Pacific Islands Hall
"Adze
stone blade with wood haft and rattan binding.  Exchange stone (pakamo), used to butcher sacred pig at Mawe ceremony.
Dani, West Irian, Indonesia (Wamena Area)" ...









* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Pacific Islands Hall
"Yara, Adze with Wooden Handle and Black Stone Blade ...
Indonesia" ...











* Tarrant County College Northeast > Bell Library