Collection place: Melanesia / Donor: Frances McReynolds Smith / Culture or time period: Oceanian cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-42926
Culture or time period:: Abelam
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Maprik District, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

2. Bark painting

Museum number:: 11-42939
Culture or time period:: Melanesian
Object class:: Bark paintings
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: New Caledonia

3. Basket w/ velvet drawstring

Museum number:: 11-42940
Culture or time period:: Melanesian
Object class:: Baskets (containers)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collection place:: New Caledonia

4. Bust, carved wood, anthropomorphic

Museum number:: 11-42949
Culture or time period:: Melanesian
Object class:: Busts (sculpture) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Fiji

5. Carved mask

Museum number:: 11-42931
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

6. Carved mask

Museum number:: 11-42929
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

7. Carved wood bowl w/ fish handles, shell inlay

Museum number:: 11-42944
Culture or time period:: Melanesian
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Solomon Islands

8. Carving

Museum number:: 11-42942
Culture or time period:: Melanesian
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Solomon Islands

9. Figurine

Museum number:: 11-42923
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

10. Legged bowl

Museum number:: 11-42950
Culture or time period:: Fijian
Object class:: Bowls (vessels)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collection place:: Fiji