board, ancestral; carved wood; facial features (eyes, nose, mouth) in raised relief, enclosed within heart-shaped area surmounted by knob painted with dot motif; other curvilinear patterns, hole at bottom for fastening; red, white, black
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Karawari River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies