Pisuwe is a dagger from the island of
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
. Ndam pisuwe
or Ndam emak pisuwe are those that are made with human femur bone and Pi pisuwe are for those that are made with
Cassowary
Cassowaries ( tpi, muruk, id, kasuari) are flightless birds of the genus ''Casuarius'' in the order Casuariiformes. They are classified as ratites (flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bones) and are native to the tropical forest ...
bone.
Prior to the colonization of the
Dutch in the 1950s, these daggers are carried by the
Asmat people and they are used only in ritual killings.
These daggers are usually embellished with
Cassowary
Cassowaries ( tpi, muruk, id, kasuari) are flightless birds of the genus ''Casuarius'' in the order Casuariiformes. They are classified as ratites (flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bones) and are native to the tropical forest ...
feathers at the pommel and decorated with carved in artworks depicting humans and animals.
men would wear this dagger as part of their traditional attire during customary ceremonies by girding it on the side of their waist.
See also
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Sewar
Sewar (or Sejwa, Sivas, Siwah, Siwai, Siwar, Siwaz) refers to a dagger of Indonesian origin, typically carried in a belt and used mainly in Sumatra, Indonesia. The blade is also referred to as Sewah by the Gayo people, Seiva by the Minangkabau ...
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Kujang Kujang may refer to:
Places
* Kujang County, North Pyongan province, North Korea
** Kujang (town)
* Kujang, Odisha, India
Other uses
* Kujang (weapon), a blade weapon native to the Sundanese people of West Java, Indonesia
* , a ''Clurit''-class f ...
References
Weapons of Indonesia
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