In New Guinea, human thigh bone daggers were hot property: study
April 25, 2018 by Mariëtte Le Roux
New Guinea warriors harvested thigh bones from their dead fathers to fashion into ornamental but deadly daggers used to kill and maim enemies, sometimes to eat them.
But why use human bone when equally lethal daggers were made from the shin bones of large, flightless birds called cassowaries—abundant, and easier to catch and kill?
Experts have long hesitated between inherent bone ruggedness and symbolism as the reason for the proclivity.
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https://phys.org/news/2018-04-guinea-human-thigh-bone-daggers.html#jCp
