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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Belt, museum number 11-42421, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Canoe prow, museum number 11-43520, described as Prow, canoe, with incised decoration on top and sides; “Decoration for front of dugout canoe sawn directly from front of canoe”; 89.5 cm L x 17.0 cm W x ca. 15.5 cm H; F.C. 1.4
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Carved wooden headrest, museum number 11-43523, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Conus shell armlet w/ decoration*, museum number 11-43429, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Cult figure, museum number 11-42889, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Headrest, carved & incised, 3 pieces bound w/fiber, museum number 11-43522, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, museum number 11-43430, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, museum number 11-42890, described as Bark cloth (woman's skirt or embobi) from the Maisin culture in Collingwood Bay, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Four panels, with red and black painted designs; length 161 cm; width: 77 cm. Has no religious significance but traditionally served as clothing and as gifts in exchange. Now also a source of income for Maisin people. For more information, see: Barker, John (2017) Ancestral Lines: The Maisin of Papua New Guinea and the Fate of the Rain Forest. University of Toronto Press.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Wooden taro board, oval, incised, museum number 11-43521, no description available.