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1. Axe

Museum number:: 11-37158
Culture or time period:: Papuan
Object class:: Axes (tools)
Function:: 1.9 Multiple Utility
Collector:: Joseph H. Travers
Collection place:: Mount Hagen Area, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

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. Bead and teeth necklace

Museum number:: 11-37124
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Bead necklaces and Necklaces
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: Joseph H. Travers
Collection place:: New Guinea, Melanesia

4. Cane

Museum number:: 11-37144
Culture or time period:: Melanesian
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Collector:: Joseph H. Travers
Collection place:: Makira, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands

5. Cane/staff

Museum number:: 11-37143
Culture or time period:: Melanesian
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Collector:: Joseph H. Travers
Collection place:: Owaraha, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands

6. Ceremonial dish, painted black, pearl shell inlay

Museum number:: 11-37133
Culture or time period:: Melanesian
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Joseph H. Travers
Collection place:: Solomon Islands

7. Coconut shell basket, incised

Museum number:: 11-37138
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Joseph H. Travers
Collection place:: New Guinea, Melanesia

8. Coconut shell bowl, incised and painted

Museum number:: 11-37128
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Bowls (vessels)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Joseph H. Travers
Collection place:: New Guinea, Melanesia

9. Comb, bamboo

Museum number:: 11-37130
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Combs (grooming tools)
Function:: 1.8 Toilet Articles
Collector:: Joseph H. Travers
Collection place:: New Guinea, Melanesia

10. Dagger of cassowary bone, incised

Museum number:: 11-37123
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collector:: Joseph H. Travers
Collection place:: New Guinea, Melanesia
Taxon:: Casuarius