Ancestor figure
- Museum number:
- 11-37295
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110037295
- Alternate number:
- 334 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.1804
- Description:
- Ancestor figure.
- Donor:
- Morton D. May
- Collection place:
- Papua New Guinea
- Verbatim coll. place:
- New Guinea, Maprik Hills area; att. to vicinity of Abange.
- 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:
- S1964-1965 #4: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (July 14, 1964–August 21, 1964)
- Images:
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