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1. Bow

Museum number:: 11-44984
Object class:: Bows (weapons)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:: New Guinea, Melanesia

2. Braided and knotted fiber sling?

Museum number:: 11-43981
Culture or time period:: Melanesian
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:: Fiji

3. Double ended dagger (?) w/ fiber, snakeskin, seeds

Museum number:: 11-43969
Culture or time period:: Melanesian and New Guinea, Papua Island
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:: New Guinea, Melanesia

4. Sling

Museum number:: 11-43980
Culture or time period:: Melanesian
Object class:: Slings (projectile weapons)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:: Fiji

5. Staff

Museum number:: 11-43952
Culture or time period:: Papuan
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Collection place:: Middle Sepik river, East Sepik Province, Momase Region

6. Wooden carving with male face

Museum number:: 11-43970
Culture or time period:: Melanesian
Object class:: Carvings (visual works), Figurines, and Men (male humans)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collection place:: New Caledonia

7. Wooden implement (fork?), four prongs

Museum number:: 11-43972
Culture or time period:: Melanesian
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Fiji