Ancestor figure
- Museum number:
- 11-37894
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110037894
- Alternate number:
- 1372 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.1915
- Description:
- Ancestor figure.
- Donor:
- Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
- Collection place:
- East Sepik Province, Momase Region, Papua New Guinea
- Verbatim coll. place:
- New Guinea, Mambleb Village.
- Culture or time period:
- Abelam
- Collector:
- Bruce D. Lawes
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Ancestor figures (devotional objects)
- Function:
- 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
- Accession date:
- 1964
- Department:
- Oceania
- Dimensions:
- height 28 inches