Painted sculptured wooden ancestor figure; male; 2 totemic birds on head
Donor:
Morton D. May
Collection place:
Vicinity of Chiginambu, Maprik district, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Abelam
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
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1964-1965 #4: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (July 14, 1964–August 21, 1964)