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New Guinea bone daggers were engineered to preserve social prestige
Bone daggers were once widespread in New Guinea. Their purpose was both symbolic and utilitarian; they functioned as objects of artistic expression with the primary function of stabbing and killing people at close quarters. Most daggers were shaped from the tibiotarsus of cassowaries, but daggers sh...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society Publishing
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5936927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29765662 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172067 |