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1. Bone charm (?), mouth harp (?)

Museum number:
11-37018
Culture or time period:
Melanesian and New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:
Charms and Jew's harps
Function:
7.2 Sound Communication
Collection place:
New Guinea, Melanesia

2. Charm

Museum number:
5-4324
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Object class:
Charms
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:
Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon

3. Charm

Museum number:
L-17618
Object class:
Charms
Collector:
Franklin Fenenga and Jeremiah B. Lillard
Collection place:
CA-Sac-16 (Bennet Mound), Sacramento County, California
Collection date:
1923-1940

4. Charm

Museum number:
1-4383
Culture or time period:
Wailaki
Object class:
Charms
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
length 28.5 centimeters
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Collection date:
September 1903

5. Charm

Museum number:
5-5884a
Culture or time period:
Gola
Object class:
Charms
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collector:
Warren L. d'Azevedo
Collection place:
Liberia

6. Charm

Museum number:
5-4381c
Culture or time period:
Luena
Object class:
Charms
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley
Collection place:
Katende Chipoya, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

7. Charm

Museum number:
5-4363
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Object class:
Charms
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collection place:
Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon

8. Charm

Museum number:
9-22490
Object class:
Charms
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 2.9 centimeters and width 2.6 centimeters
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection place:
India
Collection date:
before November 1970

9. Charm

Museum number:
5-4501
Culture or time period:
Lunda
Object class:
Charms
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
overall— length 22 centimeters
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley
Collection place:
Kambakatapi, Angola

10. Charm

Museum number:
9-16602
Object class:
Charms
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:
Sichuan province, Southwest China