Figure and mortar

Museum number:

11-1635

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.581

Donor:

William A. Setchell

Collection place:

New Guinea, Melanesia

Culture or time period:

New Guinea, Papua Island

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Ground stone and Mortars (grinding tools)

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

Loans:

S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown), S1961-1962 #33: Nelson Gallery of Art, Atkins Museum of Fine Arts (December 18, 1961–March 13, 1962), and S1980-1981 #6: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Jerome Feldman (July 22, 1980–July 29, 1980)

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