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1. Broken drum

Museum number:: 11-1278
Culture or time period:: Papuan
Object class:: Broken (damaged) and Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: New Guinea, Melanesia

2. Carved wooden figure, male

Museum number:: 11-42715
Culture or time period:: Gogodara
Object class:: Carvings (visual works), Figurines, and Men (male humans)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: length 64 centimeters
Collector:: Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:: Lower Fly River, Papua New Guinea

3. Drum

Museum number:: 11-917
Culture or time period:: Papuan
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: New Guinea, Melanesia

4. Drum

Museum number:: 11-915
Culture or time period:: Papuan
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: New Guinea, Melanesia

5. Rain charm

Museum number:: 11-1380
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. Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:: 11-37712
Culture or time period:: Papuan
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: whole— height 23.7 centimeters and whole— length 52.5 centimeters
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Washkuk Hills, Upper Sepik River, New Guinea

7. Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:: 11-37714
Culture or time period:: Papuan
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: whole— height 21 centimeters and whole— length 61 centimeters
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Washkuk Hills, Upper Sepik River, New Guinea

8. Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:: 11-37715
Culture or time period:: Papuan
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: whole— length 60 centimeters and whole— height 25.7 centimeters
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Washkuk Hills, Upper Sepik River, New Guinea

9. Wooden comb, pyro-graved and incised

Museum number:: 11-42709
Culture or time period:: Gogodara
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:: Lower Fly River, Papua New Guinea

10. Wooden double figure,

Museum number:: 11-1383
Culture or time period:: Karadjundo and New Guinea, Papua Island
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Lower Sepik River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea