Carving, wood

Museum number:

11-43525

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Accession number:

Acc.4204

Donor:

Ralph Craib

Collection place:

East Sepik Province, Momase Region, Papua New Guinea

Verbatim coll. place:

New Guinea, Abelam tribe.

Culture or time period:

Abelam

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Carvings (visual works)

Function:

5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies

Accession date:

October 17, 1988

Department:

Oceania

Dimensions:

height 85 centimeters

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