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Museum number:

11-37749

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Accession number:

Acc.1915

Description:

bird figure, of carved wood; large parrot-like bird with raised hump near rear end; blackened surface; usually found attached with rattan to spear thrower

Donor:

Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux

Collection place:

Malu village, Upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Culture or time period:

Manambu

Collector:

Bruce D. Lawes

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Carvings (visual works)

Function:

1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control

Accession date:

1964

Department:

Oceania

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