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1. Carving

Museum number:: 9-13012
Culture or time period:: Karen
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
Dimensions:: height 46.5 centimeters
Collector:: Grandparents of John O. Stevens
Collection place:: Myanmar (Burma)
Collection date:: 1900

2. Carving

Museum number:: 9-22473
Culture or time period:: Chukchi
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Dimensions:: stand— width 7 centimeters, figure— width 9.5 centimeters, stand— height 24.6 centimeters, harpoon— length 5.9 centimeters, figure— height 13.5 centimeters, figure— length 4 centimeters, and stand— length 2.5 centimeters
Collector:: Valene Smith McIntyre
Collection place:: Kamchatka Peninsula, Siberia, Russia

3. Esraj and bow

Museum number:: 9-11932a,b
Culture or time period:: Bengali people
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Esrajs
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: H. M. Lissauer
Collection place:: Bengal (historical region)

4. Knife

Museum number:: 18-1482
Culture or time period:: Indonesian
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.9 Multiple Utility
Collection place:: Borneo, Indonesia

5. Memorial tablet

Museum number:: 9-21015a,b
Culture or time period:: Japanese
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
Dimensions:: overall— height 25.3 centimeters
Collector:: Roderic Kenji Tierney
Collection place:: Japan