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1. Adze handle

Museum number:: 1-1080
Culture or time period:: Yurok
Object class:: Adzes, Carvings (visual works), and Handles (components)
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: diameter 5 centimeters and length 20.5 centimeters
Collector:: Philip Mills Jones
Collection place:: Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Collection date:: August 2, 1901

2. Adze handle

Museum number:: 11-40990
Culture or time period:: Papuan
Object class:: Adzes, Carvings (visual works), and Handles (components)
Function:: 1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Collector:: Daniel L. Adler
Collection place:: New Guinea, Melanesia
Collection date:: before 1969

3. Altar set

Museum number:: 9-16544a-j
Object class:: Altars (religious fixtures) and Carvings (visual works)
Collection place:: China

4. Altar w/ buddha

Museum number:: 9-5682
Object class:: Altars (religious fixtures) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: 1909

5. Altar w/ buddha

Museum number:: 9-5683
Object class:: Altars (religious fixtures) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: 1909

6. Amulet

Museum number:: 16-20139
Object class:: Amulets and Carvings (visual works)
Collection place:: Bahia State, Brazil

7. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37879
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 25 inches
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: East Sepik Province, Momase Region, Papua New Guinea

8. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37877
Culture or time period:: Abelam
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 26 inches
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: East Sepik Province, Momase Region, Papua New Guinea

9. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37874
Culture or time period:: Abelam
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 20 inches
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: East Sepik Province, Momase Region, Papua New Guinea

10. Ancestor figure

Museum number:: 11-37784
Culture or time period:: Sepik River cultures
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 62 inches
Collector:: Bruce D. Lawes
Collection place:: Yentchamangua Village, Sepik Plains, East Sepik Province