Ancestor figure

Museum number:

11-37914

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

1246 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.1915

Description:

Ancestor figure.

Donor:

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 54 inches