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The sawfish is a clan and ancestral totem for some Iatmul clans.
Probably a part of a mask costume. It is made from the rostrum of a sawfish (Pristis microdon) which has been painted.
Dance object
530 mm (Length), 150 mm (Width), 15 mm (Height)
