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Museum number:
11-45591
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
F-19 and TEMP 2017.189 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4686
Description:
figurative ceremonial grave marker "F-19. New Britain Ceremonial Grave Marker. From Emirau Island Bismark Arch. Carved from a light balsa type wood and painted. Cowrie shell eyes.
Donor:
Elizabeth M. Friedenthal
Collection place:
New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Islands Region
Verbatim coll. place:
New Britain. From Emirau Island Bismark Arch.
Collection date:
1942-1945
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Context of use:
grave marker
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 11-45591, described as figurative ceremonial grave marker "F-19. New Britain Ceremonial Grave Marker. From Emirau Island Bismark Arch. Carved from a light balsa type wood and painted. Cowrie shell eyes.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 11-45591, described as figurative ceremonial grave marker "F-19. New Britain Ceremonial Grave Marker. From Emirau Island Bismark Arch. Carved from a light balsa type wood and painted. Cowrie shell eyes.

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