Object class: Figurines / Collection place: New Guinea, Melanesia / Donor: Ralph Craib - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Carved female figure

Museum number:: 11-37175
Culture or time period:: Asmat
Object class:: Carvings (visual works), Figurines, and Women (female humans)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Noordwest River, West Papua Province, Indonesia

2. Carved figures, adult male and child

Museum number:: 11-37176
Culture or time period:: Asmat
Object class:: Carvings (visual works), Figurines, and Men (male humans)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Noordwest River, West Papua Province, Indonesia

3. Carved wood figure, male

Museum number:: 11-37346
Culture or time period:: Asmat
Object class:: Carvings (visual works), Figurines, and Men (male humans)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Faretsj, Omadasep village, Southwest Coast, New Guinea

4. End of canoe paddle w/carved male figure, wood

Museum number:: 11-37350
Culture or time period:: Asmat
Object class:: Carvings (visual works), Figurines, and Men (male humans)
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Collection place:: Faretsj River, Southwest coast, New Guinea, Melanesia

5. Human figurine

Museum number:: 11-43549
Culture or time period:: Asmat
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:: New Guinea, Melanesia