Ancestor figure

Museum number:

11-36976

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.1227

Description:

Ancestor figure.

Donor:

Ralph Craib

Collection place:

Maprik District, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Verbatim coll. place:

New Guinea, Maprik

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:

1958

Department:

Oceania

Loans:

S1963-1964 #41: Department of Home Economics (UC Davis) (November 14, 1963–January 7, 1964), S1967-1968 #31: University of California, Irvine (September 26, 1967–December 28, 1967), and S1967-1968 #76: University of California, Davis (1968–unknown)