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1. Adze

Museum number:: 11-37335
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Adzes
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collection place:: Middle Sepik river, East Sepik Province, Momase Region

2. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37295
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:: Papua New Guinea

3. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37299
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

4. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37298
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:: Abange, Maprik district, Papua New Guinea

5. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37305
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

6. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37302
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
Collector:: Mr. L. R. Webb and Roy James Hedlund
Collection place:: Vicinity of Chiginambu, Maprik district, Papua New Guinea

7. Board mask

Museum number:: 11-37316
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Yanget Village, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

8. Board mask

Museum number:: 11-37314
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

9. Canoe prow

Museum number:: 11-37326
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Canoe-boards and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Collector:: Mr. L. R. Webb and Roy James Hedlund
Collection place:: Ramu River mouth, East Sepik Province, Momase Region

10. Carved and painted wooden face, handle at base

Museum number:: 11-37320
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Middle Sepik river, East Sepik Province, Momase Region