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1. Carved human/eagle figures

Museum number:: 11-37360
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Torembi village, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea

2. Dance shield

Museum number:: 11-39242
Culture or time period:: Massim
Object class:: Dance shields
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:: Bronislaw Malinowski
Collection place:: Muyua Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua Region
Collection date:: 1914-1920

3. Drum

Museum number:: 11-38399
Culture or time period:: Asmat
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Pirimapun village vicinity, Cassowary Coast, Asmat regency, Papua

4. Shield

Museum number:: 11-38467
Culture or time period:: Asmat
Object class:: Shields (armor)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collector:: Klaus Koch
Collection place:: Pirimapun village vicinity, Cassowary Coast, Asmat regency, Papua