Asmat Bone Dagger The company co-founders and artists

The company co-founders and artists were Ron Hovde and Bill Westenhaver

as well as at least two holes made by arrows or spears

an instrument once made by the Maori people of Aotearoa (New Zealand) that may have been played as a flute or as a trumpet

in that it dates from the time when shields could be attributed to specific villages based upon their style alone

Late 19th -early 20th century

Asmat Bone Dagger The company co-founders and artistsA Deadly Asmat cassowary bone dagger, Irian Jaya, Indonesia decorated with organic fibers and feathers. Ex. Collection of George Alan Solem. Ex. curator of the Field Museum in Chicago. Size: 16'' L