Collection place: Oceania / Donor: Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux / Culture or time period: Melanesian cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-38075
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
Dimensions:: height 48 inches
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Papua New Guinea

2. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37990
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
Dimensions:: height 70 inches
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Papua New Guinea

3. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37925
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
Dimensions:: height 37 inches
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Papua New Guinea

4. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-38089
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:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Wambak village, Sepik District, Papua New Guinea

5. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-38023
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
Dimensions:: height 52 inches
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Mambleb Village, Maprik district, Papua New Guinea

6. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-38065
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
Dimensions:: height 37 inches
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Mambleb Village, Maprik district, Papua New Guinea

7. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37959
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
Dimensions:: height 53 inches
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Papua New Guinea

8. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37946
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
Dimensions:: height 40 inches
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Sagisik Village, Maprik district, Papua New Guinea

9. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37954
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
Dimensions:: height 80 inches
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Papua New Guinea

10. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37877
Culture or time period:: Abelam
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 26 inches
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: East Sepik Province, Momase Region, Papua New Guinea

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