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1. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37293
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
Collection place:: Papua New Guinea

2. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37295
Culture or time period:: Abelam
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
Collection place:: Papua New Guinea

3. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37302
Culture or time period:: Abelam
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
Collector:: Mr. L. R. Webb and Roy James Hedlund
Collection place:: Vicinity of Chiginambu, Maprik district, Papua New Guinea

4. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37305
Culture or time period:: Abelam
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
Collection place:: Maprik District, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

5. Arrow

Museum number:: 11-37402
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:: Gulf of Papua, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea

6. Arrow

Museum number:: 11-37401
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collection place:: Gulf of Papua, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea

7. Arrow, war

Museum number:: 11-14724
Culture or time period:: Gahuku
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:: Okuzuha village, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

8. Bow & string

Museum number:: 11-14773
Culture or time period:: Gahuku
Object class:: Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:: Okuzuha village, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

9. Carved wood human figure

Museum number:: 11-37174
Culture or time period:: Asmat
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Noordwest River, West Papua Province, Indonesia

10. Shell

Museum number:: 11-37173
Culture or time period:: Asmat
Object class:: Shell samples
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:: Noordwest River, West Papua Province, Indonesia