Figure

Museum number:
11-37758
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
bird figure; carved wood, from piece of wood which also has curvilinear designs; usually found attached to spearthrowers with plaited rattan; whitish pigment on parts of surface
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Middle Sepik river, East Sepik Province, Momase Region
Culture or time period:
Papuan
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 11-37758, described as bird figure; carved wood, from piece of wood which also has curvilinear designs; usually found attached to spearthrowers with plaited rattan; whitish pigment on parts of surface

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