Ancestor figure

Museum number:

11-37296

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Alternate number:

335 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.1804

Description:

Ancestor figure.

Donor:

Morton D. May

Collection place:

Ulupu Village, Maprik district, Papua New Guinea

Verbatim coll. place:

New Guinea, Maprik Hills area; att. to vicinity of Ulupu.

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 #71: University at Emerson, Lytton Center, Lytton Savings and Loan Association (March 26, 1965–June 16, 1965)