Wood human figure, painted, male

Museum number:
11-1635.1
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm211101635@2e1
Accession number:
Acc.581
Description:
Ancestor figure, male, carved wood painted red w/ black and white facial features; split in middle of face, penis broke off.
Donor:
William A. Setchell
Collection place:
New Guinea, Melanesia
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works), Figurines, and Men (male humans)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1922
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wood human figure, painted, male, accession number 11-1635.1, described as Ancestor figure, male, carved wood painted red w/ black and white facial features; split in middle of face, penis broke off.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wood human figure, painted, male, accession number 11-1635.1, described as Ancestor figure, male, carved wood painted red w/ black and white facial features; split in middle of face, penis broke off.

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