Carved open work

Museum number:

11-43880

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Accession number:

Acc.4204

Description:

Bag of fragments with object.

Donor:

Ralph Craib

Collection place:

New Guinea, Melanesia

Culture or time period:

Asmat

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

Accession date:

October 17, 1988

Department:

Oceania

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