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Museum number:
11-45588
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Alternate number:
F-20 and TEMP 2017.190 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4686
Description:
figurative ceremonial grave marker
Donor:
Elizabeth M. Friedenthal
Collection place:
New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Islands Region
Verbatim coll. place:
New Britain. From Island of Emirau
Collection date:
1942-1945
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Context of use:
grave marker
Department:
Oceania
Comment:
Donor notes: New Britain Ceremonial Grave Marker. From Island of Emirau, wood carving for grave marker in form of a missionary. Probably used for grave of a deceased missionary. Presented to Colonel Friedenthal by chief of Island of Emirau during World War II.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 11-45588, described as figurative ceremonial grave markerHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 11-45588, described as figurative ceremonial grave marker

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