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1. Adze handle

Museum number:
1-1080
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Object class:
Adzes, Carvings (visual works), and Handles (components)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:
diameter 5 centimeters and length 20.5 centimeters
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Collection date:
August 2, 1901

2. Adze handle

Museum number:
11-40990
Culture or time period:
Papuan
Object class:
Adzes, Carvings (visual works), and Handles (components)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Collector:
Daniel L. Adler
Collection place:
New Guinea, Melanesia
Collection date:
before 1969

3. Alabaster carving

Museum number:
16-2198
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Collector:
Max Uhle
Collection place:
Peru

4. Alligator figurine

Museum number:
3-3421
Object class:
Alligators and Figurines
Dimensions:
Overall— length 4.5 inches
Collector:
Thomas S. Page
Collection place:
Chiriquí Province, Panama
Collection date:
1860

5. Alligator figurine

Museum number:
3-2464
Object class:
Alligators and Figurines
Collector:
unknown
Collection place:
Mexico
Collection date:
unknown

6. Altar set

Museum number:
9-16544a-j
Object class:
Altars (religious fixtures) and Carvings (visual works)
Collection place:
China

7. Altar w/ buddha

Museum number:
9-5682
Object class:
Altars (religious fixtures) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Collection date:
1909

8. Altar w/ buddha

Museum number:
9-5683
Object class:
Altars (religious fixtures) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Collection date:
1909

9. Altar with figurine

Museum number:
9-8157
Object class:
Altars (religious fixtures) and Figurines
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
height 23.5 centimeters
Collection place:
Japan

10. Amulet

Museum number:
5-13985
Object class:
Amulets and Carvings (visual works)
Collector:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
Egypt
Person depicted:
Horus (Egyptian deity)