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Catalog Number

 CAS 0032-0018   CAS 0032-0018; Ornament (human mandible)
Category Ceremonial Items
Object Name Ornament (human mandible)
Culture Melanesian: New Britain
Global Region Oceania
Country Papua New Guinea
State/Prov./Dist. New Britain
County
Other Geographic Data Island: Matupi
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1880s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Bone (human mandible); Plant fiber (vine)
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 7.6, Width = 8.9, Length = 10.2

Catalog Number

 CAS 0032-0019   CAS 0032-0019; Ornament (human mandible)
Category Ceremonial Items
Object Name Ornament (human mandible)
Culture Melanesian: New Britain
Global Region Oceania
Country Papua New Guinea
State/Prov./Dist. New Britain
County
Other Geographic Data Island: Matupi
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1880s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Bone (human mandible); Plant fiber
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 6.8, Width = 8.9, Length = 10.2

Catalog Number

 CAS 0032-0020   CAS 0032-0020; Ornament (human mandible)
Category Ceremonial Items
Object Name Ornament (human mandible)
Culture Melanesian: New Britain
Global Region Oceania
Country Papua New Guinea
State/Prov./Dist. New Britain
County
Other Geographic Data Island: Matupi
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1880s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Bone (human mandible); Plant fiber
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 6.8, Width = 8.9, Length = 10.2
Catalog Number CAS 0032-0023   CAS 0032-0023; Mask
Category Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name Mask
Culture Melanesian
Global Region Oceania
Country Papua New Guinea
State/Prov./Dist. Bismarck Archipelago: New Ireland
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1880s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Vegetable material; Pigment
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = ca. 38.0, Width = 18.7, Length = 35.5
Catalog Number CAS 0048-0030   CAS 0048-0030; Dance wand
Category Ceremonial Items
Object Name Dance wand
Culture Klamath River
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Humboldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Red shafted flicker (Colaptes auratus cafer) feathers; Turkey (?) feathers; Pigments; Sinew; Cotton string
Description Dance wand consisting of cylindrical stick whose distal end is painted blue, with 2 areas of painted portion wrapped in sinew and then painted red; End of wand is notched and originally was hafted to undetermined object; Several feathers are tied to end with lengths of string.
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = ca. 14.5, Length = 45.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0060-0010   CAS 0060-0010; Mask
Category Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name Mask
Culture Makonde
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Tanzania or Mozambique
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data Port East Africa
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Beeswax; Human hair
Description Helmet mask in the form of a young boy carved in the full round from a single piece of a very lightweight and light-colored wood; Interior of mask is completely hollowed out; Exterior is carved with partially opened mouth, downward turned eyes and nose and decorated with applied bits of beeswax to represent raised scarifications; Human hair is applied to top of mask; Masks of this sort are worn in initiation ceremonies called Lipiko, held for both boys and girls; Mask would be worn with a piece of cloth tied around its bottom rim which would fall loosely over the face of the masquerader.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 22.9, Width = 20.3, Length = 17.8

Catalog Number

 CAS 0060-0012A-C   CAS 0060-0012A-C; Mask
Category Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name Mask
Culture unknown
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 20.3, Thickness = 18.8, Length = 35.6
Catalog Number CAS 0060-0013   CAS 0060-0013; Mask
Category Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name Mask
Culture unknown
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Fur; Metal; String
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.8, Thickness = 10.5, Length = 20.3
Catalog Number CAS 0060-0014   CAS 0060-0014; Mask
Category Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name Mask
Culture unknown
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Plant fiber
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 16.5, Thickness = 9.0, Length = 30.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0060-0015   CAS 0060-0015; Mask
Category Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name Mask
Culture unknown
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Leather
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 17.8, Thickness = 7.4, Length = 20.3
Catalog Number CAS 0060-0025   CAS 0060-0025; Scepter
Category Ceremonial Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Scepter
Culture unknown
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Metal
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 12.7, Thickness = 7.6, Length = 76.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0103-0015   CAS 0103-0015; Bull-roarer
Category Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name Bull-roarer
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 4.4, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 24.1

Catalog Number

 CAS 0122-0011   CAS 0122-0011; Dance shield
Category Ceremonial Items
Object Name Dance shield
Culture Zulu
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country South Africa
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1880s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Rawhide; Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 27.0, Thickness = 2.5, Length = 44.4

Catalog Number

 CAS 0122-0012   CAS 0122-0012; Dance shield
Category Ceremonial Items
Object Name Dance shield
Culture Zulu
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country South Africa
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1880s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Rawhide; Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 28.0, Thickness = 3.2, Length = 41.0

Catalog Number

 CAS 0122-0013   CAS 0122-0013; Dance shield
Category Ceremonial Items
Object Name Dance shield
Culture Zulu
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country South Africa
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1880s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Rawhide; Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 26.0, Thickness = 3.1, Length = 40.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0122-0015   CAS 0122-0015; Dance shield
Category Ceremonial Items
Object Name Dance shield
Culture Zulu
Global Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Country South Africa
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1880s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Rawhide; Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 30.5, Thickness = 3.9, Length = 45.8

Catalog Number

 CAS 0143-0108   CAS 0143-0108; Ceremonial sword
Category Ceremonial Items
Object Name Ceremonial sword
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture unknown (pre-1906)
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Plant fiber
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 4.1, Thickness = 2.2, Length = 59.1

Catalog Number

 CAS 0227-0008   CAS 0227-0008; Incensario fragment
Category Ceremonial Items; Pottery
Object Name Incensario fragment
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay
Description Incensario base, hollow with slightly flaring base rim; Outside surface is decorated with three sets of four vertical lines formed by pinching the clay before firing; At the top of the base, directly above a set of lines, is an applied design of two earspool-like circles touching each other and centered above a roundish protrusion with a vertical incision; This design has been broken off at the top where the bowl had been, but what remains resembles a face with earspool-like eyes and a bulbous nose; Bowl of vessel is completely missing; Unpainted.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 16.8, Thickness = 0.9, Max Diam = 17.3

Catalog Number

 CAS 0227-0009   CAS 0227-0009; Incensario
Category Ceremonial Items; Pottery
Object Name Incensario
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay; Pigment
Description Incensario with deep, hollow base and slightly shallower bowl; Bowl is slightly wider than base; Bowl and base both have nearly vertical walls and flaring lips; Base has design of six semi-rectangular holes, evenly spaced, along the wall; Beige with traces of red pigment.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 13.6, Thickness = 0.7, Max Diam = 22.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0227-0010   CAS 0227-0010; Incensario
Category Ceremonial Items; Pottery
Object Name Incensario
Culture Maya
Global Region Mexico & Central America
Country Guatemala
State/Prov./Dist. Huehuetenango
County
Other Geographic Data Site: Chalchitan
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Elgueta Collection (Mayan)
Materials Clay
Description Incensario with flaring rim and base, narrower center; Rim and base have defined lips; Seam shows union of base and bowl; The base has a high, hollow center, as does the bowl; Inside of bowl is fire-damaged, possibly from the burning of incense therein; Unpainted.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 21.9, Thickness = 1.6, Max Diam = 24.3
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