Ancestor figure

Museum number:

11-37303

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Accession number:

Acc.1804

Donor:

Morton D. May

Collection place:

Ulupu Village, Maprik district, Papua New Guinea

Collector:

Mr. L. R. Webb and Roy James Hedlund

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Ancestor figures (devotional objects)

Function:

5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies

Accession date:

1963

Department:

Oceania

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