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Works of: Melanesian

Works of: Melanesian
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Bird Image
Melanesian
19th century
70.3
Mask
Melanesian
78.17
Bat
Melanesian
81.17.1437
Mask for Atut (Night Fire) Dance
Melanesian
20th century
81.17.1439
Mask
Melanesian
81.17.1440
Paddle
Melanesian
81.17.1442
Canoe prow figure (Nguzu Nguzu)
Melanesian
19th century
81.17.1443
Plaque
Melanesian
81.17.1444
Housepost fragment
Melanesian
81.17.1446
Food bowl
Melanesian
81.17.1447
Ancestor board
Melanesian
81.17.1453
Crocodile canoe prow
Melanesian
20th century
81.17.1466
House mask
Melanesian
81.17.1469
Female Ancestor Figure
Melanesian
probably 19th century
69.66
Crocodile Effigy
Melanesian
late 19th century
69.69
Necklace
Melanesian
81.17.1480
Yam mask
Melanesian
81.17.1492
Ceremonial entrance panel
Melanesian
81.17.1458
Kamangabbi figure
Melanesian
81.17.1463
Initiation figure
Melanesian
81.17.1499
Initiation doll
Melanesian
81.17.1500
Woven mask
Melanesian
59.95
Yam cult top
Melanesian
59.96
Necklace
Melanesian
81.17.1506
Figure
Melanesian
94.115
Ancestor Board
Melanesian
93.159
Masquerade costume
Melanesian
93.162
Canoe-Prow Splashboard (Rajim)
Melanesian
early 20th Century
70.120
Food Bowl
Melanesian
70.121
Totemic mask
Melanesian
ca. 19th - early 20th century
70.122
Yam Mask (Baba)
Melanesian
68.112
Arrow Head and Foreshaft
Melanesian
68.114
House mask
Melanesian
60.20
Food bowl: Frigate bird with shark
Melanesian
20th century
65.24
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