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1. Bag

Museum number:: 11-972
Culture or time period:: Melanesian
Object class:: Bags (generic containers)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: New Guinea, Melanesia

2. Bag

Museum number:: 11-37142
Culture or time period:: Papuan
Object class:: Bags (generic containers)
Function:: 1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Collector:: Joseph H. Travers
Collection place:: Kaup village, West Sepik, Sepik Plains

3. Bamboo pipe

Museum number:: 11-2261
Culture or time period:: Banban
Object class:: Pipes (smoking equipment)
Function:: 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Collection place:: Papua New Guinea

4. Belt

Museum number:: 11-911
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Belts (costume accessories)
Function:: 2.1 Daily Garb
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Papua New Guinea

5. Bowl

Museum number:: 11-42448
Culture or time period:: Abelam
Object class:: Bowls (vessels)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Papua New Guinea

6. Canoe prow carving

Museum number:: 11-38454
Culture or time period:: Asmat
Object class:: Canoe-boards and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Pirimapun village vicinity, Cassowary Coast, Asmat regency, Papua

7. Canoe splashboard

Museum number:: 11-39240
Culture or time period:: Massim
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Collector:: Bronislaw Malinowski
Collection place:: Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua Region
Collection date:: 1914-1920

8. Canoe: splashboard

Museum number:: 11-959
Culture or time period:: Massim
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: New Guinea, Melanesia

9. Carved bamboo head-hunting horn

Museum number:: 11-37334
Culture or time period:: Asmat
Object class:: Hand horns
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: Noordwest River, West Papua Province, Indonesia

10. Carved wooden figure

Museum number:: 11-1381
Culture or time period:: Tjimundo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Töpfer River, Madang Province Papua New Guinea