Painted sculptured wooden ancestor figrue; female; crosses painted on thighs.
Donor:
Morton D. May
Collection place:
Vicinity of Chiginambu, Maprik district, Papua New Guinea
Collector:
Mr. L. R. Webb and Roy James Hedlund
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