Donor: Daniel L. Adler / Accession number: Acc.2450 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Carved faces on board

Museum number:: 11-39282
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

2. Female figure

Museum number:: 11-39281
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Figurines, Plaited weaving, and Women (female humans)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

3. Model pig

Museum number:: 11-39278
Culture or time period:: Papuan
Object class:: Basketry (object genre) and Coiled weaving
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Sepik River Area, Papua New Guinea
Taxon:: Casuarius

4. Spirit figure

Museum number:: 11-39279
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Yamok village, Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

5. Widow's cap

Museum number:: 11-39280
Culture or time period:: Maisin people
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Collection place:: Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea
Collection date:: before 1968