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1. Belt

Museum number:
11-42421
Culture or time period:
Asmat
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Collection place:
West Papua Province, Indonesia, Melanesia

2. Canoe prow

Museum number:
11-43520
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:
Canoe-boards
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Collection place:
Huon Gulf, Morobe Province, Momase Region

3. Carved wooden headrest

Museum number:
11-43523
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Collection place:
Manam Island, Madang Province, Momase Region

4. Conus shell armlet w/ decoration*

Museum number:
11-43429
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Collection place:
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua Region

5. Cult figure

Museum number:
11-42889
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:
Guam River, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea

6. Headrest, carved & incised, 3 pieces bound w/fiber

Museum number:
11-43522
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:
Headrests
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Collection place:
Lower Sepik River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

7. Necklace

Museum number:
11-43430
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Collection place:
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua Region

8. Rice cutter figurine

Museum number:
18-1291
Culture or time period:
Malaysian
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Collection place:
Malaysia

9. Rice scoop figurine

Museum number:
18-1292
Culture or time period:
Malaysian
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
1.5 Household
Collection place:
Malaysia

10. Tapa cloth

Museum number:
11-42890
Culture or time period:
Maisin people
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:
Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea
Collection date:
ca. 1980