Ancestor figure

Museum number:

11-37299

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

511 (834) (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.1804

Donor:

Morton D. May

Collection place:

Maprik District, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Verbatim coll. place:

New Guinea, Maprik Hills area; att. central Abelam

Culture or time period:

Abelam

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

Loans:

S1967-1968 #31: University of California, Irvine (September 26, 1967–December 28, 1967), S1967-1968 #76: University of California, Davis (1968–unknown), S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994), and S1999-2000 #8a: SFO Museum (December 2, 1999–March 2001)