Knife
Obsidian blade technology on this island group is over 4,000 years old. Obsidian sources were originally located on the islands of Poam, Mouk and Lou and was traded along the coast and the island interior. In response to the first Europeans coming ashore by the late 19th century new markets developed. Daggers and spears that were normally made in abundance for the domestic market were instead being produced for trade as early as 1860 until the 1980s.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 29/1948/11
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Arms and armour
- Collection Area Region
- MELAN
- Material
- obsidianwoodgum
- Common Name
- knife
- Simple Name
- knife
- Production County
- Admiralty Islands
- Production Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Production Year High
- 1948
