Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Jama Village, Sepik Plains, East Sepik Province
Verbatim coll. place:
New Guinea, Sepik Plains, Jama Village
Culture or time period:
Abelam
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
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:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
height 49 inches
Loans:
S1980-1981 #34: Triton Museum of Art (November 17, 1980–January 7, 1981)