Coconut wood charm, rodent-shaped w/ twine
- Museum number:
- 11-40756
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110040756
- Accession number:
- Acc.2692
- Description:
- charm, magic; coconut wood, incised and painted white; string inserted in rear to enable suspension; pig-shaped
- Donor:
- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
- Collection place:
- Papua New Guinea
- Culture or time period:
- New Guinea, Papua Island
- Collector:
- Bruce D. Lawes
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Accession date:
- November 16, 1970
- Department:
- Oceania
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