Wooden statue (with grass) used in boy's puberty ceremony

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Object Number 36-105-70/551

Display Title Wooden statue (with grass) used in boy's puberty ceremony

Descriptions

Inventory Description Sculpture, standing figure, openwork limbs, fiber ties and fringe, shells

Classification

Sculpture

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Papua New Guinea

Materials Wood, Pigment, Fiber, Shell

Dimensions Overall: 73 x 11.1 x 9 cm (28 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.)

Quantity 1 (bag of fragments)

Label on object 36-105-70/551; 124

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	36-105-70/462	Point of wooden spear, called kakar - used in puberty ceremony	Sculpture	New Guinea
	36-105-70/436	Palm of sword grass - used in puberty ceremonies for insertion in penis	Floral	New Guinea
	36-105-70/435	Gallip nuts, used in puberty ceremonial for boys; also used in trade	Nut	New Guinea
	36-105-70/463	Point of wooden spear, called kakar - used in puberty ceremony. +	Spear	New Guinea
	36-105-70/464	Point of wooden spear, called kakar - used in puberty ceremony. +	Spear	New Guinea
	36-105-70/452	Headdress used in puberty ceremonies, made of tapa, fur, cotton cloth +	Headdress	New Guinea
	36-105-70/467	Wooden lime continer - used in puberty ceremony	Tube	Papua New Guinea
	36-105-70/457	Lime container of wood and bamboo - used in puberty ceremony	Jar	New Guinea
Media Restricted	36-105-70/487	Ceremonial staff called kakar - used in puberty ceremony & is the +	Staff Shaft, modified	New Guinea
Media Restricted	36-105-70/488	Ceremonial staff called kakar - used in puberty ceremony & is the +	Shaft, modified Staff	New Guinea
	36-105-70/486	Ceremonial staff called kakar - used in puberty ceremony & is the holiest of objects. Also consulted in case of war.	Staff	New Guinea
	2004.24.27419	Wooden mask - boy's puberty rites		Kasongo Lunda

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