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Hearst Museum object titled Ancestor figure, accession number 11-37784, described as figure, large standing, of carved wood; greatly enlarged head has featured in low relief, painted white and peach/ochre; white chevron design surrounds head; male body has arms at side, feet attached to hook base; white dots allover

1. Ancestor figure

Bookmark Ancestor figure, museum number 11-37784

Museum number:: 11-37784
Culture or time period:: Sepik River cultures
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 62 inches
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Yentchamangua Village, Sepik Plains, East Sepik Province

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

2. 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 Carved wooden figure, accession number 11-37323, no description available.

3. Carved wooden figure

Bookmark Carved wooden figure, museum number 11-37323

Museum number:: 11-37323
Culture or time period:: Arambak
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Upper Karawari River, Sepik District, Papua New Guinea

Hearst Museum object titled Carved wooden figure, accession number 11-41298, no description available.

4. Carved wooden figure

Bookmark Carved wooden figure, museum number 11-41298

Museum number:: 11-41298
Culture or time period:: Arambak
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:: Upper Karawari River, Sepik District, Papua New Guinea

5. Carving

Bookmark Carving, museum number 11-14666

Museum number:: 11-14666
Culture or time period:: Arambak
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:: Upper Karawari River, Sepik District, Papua New Guinea

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 11-37750, described as bird figure, of carved wood; parrotlike bird with raised hump near rear end; this has carved curvilinear design on either side; usually found attached with rattan to spearthrower

6. Figure

Bookmark Figure, museum number 11-37750

Museum number:: 11-37750
Culture or time period:: Manambu
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Malu village, Upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 11-37749, described as bird figure, of carved wood; large parrot-like bird with raised hump near rear end; blackened surface; usually found attached with rattan to spear thrower

7. Figure

Bookmark Figure, museum number 11-37749

Museum number:: 11-37749
Culture or time period:: Manambu
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Malu village, Upper 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

8. 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.

9. 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 Food bowl, accession number 11-37803, described as Food bowl, carved wood; carved lugs (one broken off) at either end, projecting from "shoulders" on underside of bowl; traces of white pigment on bottom; length: 29.4 cm; width 12.4 cm.

10. Food bowl

Bookmark Food bowl, museum number 11-37803

Museum number:: 11-37803
Culture or time period:: Sepik River cultures
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Middle Sepik river, East Sepik Province, Momase Region
Collection date:: 1957-1962

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Current results range from 1930 to 1957

1930 : 1957

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[Missing]19 objects

Bruce D. Lawes12 objects

Ellsworth La Boyteaux8 objects
Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux8 objects
Mrs. Marion Joubert5 objects
Carl Lindros2 objects
George Lois1 objects
Gilbert Roberts1 objects
Lewis K. Land1 objects
Morton D. May1 objects
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund1 objects
Mrs. George Lois1 objects

Melanesian cultures21 objects
New Guinea, Papua Island21 objects
Oceanian cultures21 objects
Papua New Guinean cultures21 objects
Sepik River culturesRemove constraint Culture or time period: Sepik River cultures21 objects
Mundugumor people10 objects
Manambu6 objects
Arambak3 objects

Bamboo (material)1 objects

Casuarius2 objects

Acc.19158 objects
Acc.23423 objects
Acc.26682 objects
Acc.33552 objects
Acc.18041 objects
Acc.24871 objects
Acc.26041 objects
Acc.27111 objects
Acc.32501 objects

Current results range from 1962 to 1970

1962 : 1970

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[Missing]4 objects

5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies8 objects
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control6 objects
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings2 objects
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings2 objects
1.5 Household1 objects
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)1 objects
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions1 objects

S1968-1969 #6: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 26, 1968–September 17, 1968)3 objects
S1977-1978 #50: Howe Homestead (City of Walnut Creek) (April 11, 1978–June 7, 1978)3 objects
S1980-1981 #34: Triton Museum of Art (November 17, 1980–January 7, 1981)3 objects
S1967-1968 #31: University of California, Irvine (September 26, 1967–December 28, 1967)1 objects
S1967-1968 #76: University of California, Davis (1968–unknown)1 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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