Wooden charm: mythical animal; carved and incised, hair bristles on snout. Length 11 5/8 inches. Height 5 3/4 inches.
Donor:
Mrs. Robert H. Lowie
Collection place:
Alor, Malaysia
Culture or time period:
Malaysian
Collector:
Cora Alice DuBois
Collection date:
1961
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1961-1962 #59: Department of Anthropology (UC Davis) (April 4, 1962–October 17, 1962) and S1965-1966 #16: California State University, East Bay/Clarence E. Smith (September 17, 1965–November 23, 1965)