Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Papua New Guinea
Verbatim coll. place:
New Guinea, South Maprik District, Sagisik Village.
Culture or time period:
Abelam
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
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:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
height 61 inches
Loans:
S1968-1969 #29: John C. Russell (October 25, 1968–November 4, 1968) and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)