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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. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Carving

Museum number:: 11-14666
Culture or time period:: Arambak
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Upper Karawari River, Sepik District, Papua New Guinea

7. 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

8. Mortar; pestle for lime

Museum number:: 11-763a,b
Culture or time period:: Massim
Object class:: Ground stone, Mortars (grinding tools), and Pestles
Function:: 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Gulf of Papua, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea

9. Prow ornament

Museum number:: 11-961
Culture or time period:: Massim
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: New Guinea, Melanesia

10. Prow ornament

Museum number:: 11-2882
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Collection place:: Sepik River, Papua New Guinea