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Hearst Museum object titled Carved figure, accession number 11-42501, no description available.

1. Carved figure

Bookmark Carved figure, museum number 11-42501

Museum number:: 11-42501
Culture or time period:: Mundugumor people
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:: Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Hearst Museum object titled Flute, accession number 11-40757, described as flute; sacred bamboo flute with plaited fiber strips and cassowary feathers at both ends; most of one side overlaid with zoomorphic decoration with head composed of gourd and mastic with inset shells, loop-like nose; cowries and other shells set in mastic with cassowary feather trim cover most of one side; sacred flute regarded ad the embodiment of the crocodile spirits of the river; such flutes are usually associated with a cult of supernatural masks; they are hereditary possessions which are addressed by kinship terms and offered food; cf. 11-40731

2. Flute

Bookmark Flute, museum number 11-40757

Museum number:: 11-40757
Culture or time period:: Mundugumor people
Object class:: Musical instruments
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Taxon:: Casuarius

Hearst Museum object titled Flute, accession number 11-40731, no description available.

3. Flute

Bookmark Flute, museum number 11-40731

Museum number:: 11-40731
Culture or time period:: Mundugumor people
Object class:: Flutes (aerophones)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 11-39244, described as Mask; wooden; carved; painted; fiber tufts in ears; eyes formerly set with pearl shells, now lost

4. Mask

Bookmark Mask, museum number 11-39244

Museum number:: 11-39244
Culture or time period:: Mundugumor people
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 11-39245, described as Mask; wooden; carved; painted; open eyes and mouth

5. Mask

Bookmark Mask, museum number 11-39245

Museum number:: 11-39245
Culture or time period:: Mundugumor people
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Hearst Museum object titled Mask-like hanging, accession number 11-42539, no description available.

6. Mask-like hanging

Bookmark Mask-like hanging, museum number 11-42539

Museum number:: 11-42539
Culture or time period:: Mundugumor people
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Collection place:: Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Hearst Museum object titled Mask-like hanging, accession number 11-42540, no description available.

7. Mask-like hanging

Bookmark Mask-like hanging, museum number 11-42540

Museum number:: 11-42540
Culture or time period:: Mundugumor people
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Collection place:: Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 11-40725, described as Stool; wood; seat supported by three sitting crocodiles; damaged nose on one crocodile; damaged nose and eyes on another crocodile; height: 33.2 cm.

8. Stool (seating furniture)

Bookmark Stool (seating furniture), museum number 11-40725

Museum number:: 11-40725
Culture or time period:: Mundugumor people
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Yuat River Tributary, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Collection date:: 1930s

Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 11-40726, no description available.

9. Stool (seating furniture)

Bookmark Stool (seating furniture), museum number 11-40726

Museum number:: 11-40726
Culture or time period:: Mundugumor people
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Yuat River Tributary, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Hearst Museum object titled Wooden figure, accession number 11-39243, described as Figure; wooden; carved; male with tall forehead; pearl shell eyes; human hair; cassowary feathers; knotless netting decoration of head; shell and fiber ornament on right ear

10. Wooden figure

Bookmark Wooden figure, museum number 11-39243

Museum number:: 11-39243
Culture or time period:: Mundugumor people
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:: Sepik Area, Papua New Guinea
Taxon:: Casuarius

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Flute2 objects
Mask2 objects
Mask-like hanging2 objects
Stool (seating furniture)2 objects
Carved figure1 objects
Wooden figure1 objects

Masks (costume)4 objects
Carvings (visual works)2 objects
Furniture2 objects
Musical instruments2 objects
Sculpture (visual works)2 objects
Seating furniture2 objects
Single seating furniture2 objects
Sound devices (equipment)2 objects
Stools (seating furniture)2 objects
Aerophones (wind instruments)1 objects

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ethnography10 objects

image10 objects
legacy documentation1 objects

Melanesia10 objects
Momase Region, Papua New Guinea10 objects
New Guinea, Melanesia10 objects
Oceania10 objects
Papua New Guinea10 objects
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea7 objects
East Sepik Province, Momase Region, Papua New Guinea3 objects
Sepik River Area, Papua New Guinea2 objects
Yuat River Tributary, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea2 objects
Sepik Area, Papua New Guinea1 objects

Current results range from 1930 to 1930

1930 : 1930

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[Missing]9 objects

Bruce D. Lawes4 objects

Mrs. Marion Joubert5 objects
Carl Lindros2 objects
Gilbert Roberts1 objects
Lewis K. Land1 objects
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund1 objects

Melanesian cultures10 objects
Mundugumor peopleRemove constraint Culture or time period: Mundugumor people10 objects
New Guinea, Papua Island10 objects
Oceanian cultures10 objects
Papua New Guinean cultures10 objects
Sepik River cultures10 objects

Bamboo (material)1 objects

Casuarius2 objects

Acc.23423 objects
Acc.26682 objects
Acc.33552 objects
Acc.24871 objects
Acc.27111 objects
Acc.32501 objects

Current results range from 1967 to 1970

1967 : 1970

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[Missing]3 objects

5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies6 objects
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings2 objects
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings2 objects

S1968-1969 #6: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 26, 1968–September 17, 1968)3 objects
S1980-1981 #34: Triton Museum of Art (November 17, 1980–January 7, 1981)3 objects
S1977-1978 #50: Howe Homestead (City of Walnut Creek) (April 11, 1978–June 7, 1978)2 objects
S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975)1 objects
S1974-1975 #7: San Jose Museum of Art (August 1, 1974–September 6, 1974)1 objects
S1977-1978 #2: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (July 27, 1977–October 6, 1977)1 objects
S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)1 objects
S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown)1 objects

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