Ancestor figure
- Museum number:
- 11-42926
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110042926
- Accession number:
- Acc.3784
- Description:
- Ancestor figure.
- Donor:
- Frances McReynolds Smith
- Collection place:
- Maprik District, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
- Culture or time period:
- Abelam
- 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
- Department:
- Oceania
- Loans:
- S1992-1993 #28: SFO Museum (August, 1993–November 15, 1993)
- Images:
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