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Catalog Number	CAS 0602-0077
Category	Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name	Mask
Culture	Inupiat
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Alaska
County	Nome or North Slope?
Other Geographic Data	King Island or Point Hope region, possibly
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1900
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Wood
Description	Oval shaped mask carved from single piece of wood; Eyes and mouth are represented by narrow, lozenge-shaped slits; 3-dimensional nose is pierced by 2 nostril holes; Traces of black pigment suggest possible triangular tattoos at corner of mouth; Small hole along each side for original attachment of string or thong; Similar to mask in collection of National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Catalog #A348825.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 14.4, Depth = 5.8, Length = 21.2

Catalog Number	CAS 1983-0015-0001A,B
Category	Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name	Mortuary urn with lid
Culture	Japanese
Global Region	East Asia
Country	Japan
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data	Island: Okinawa; Tsukishima
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	1600s
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Coral
Description	Mortuary urn shaped in the style of a shine, intended for secondary burial, consisting of a rectangular box with open top, carved from a single piece of coral, and raised on four pedestal feet; Rectangular lid with peaked top is carved from second large piece of coral; When fitted with its lid, the mortuary urn appears to be a small house; Urn is lacking in any decorative embellishment, other than its overall shape; NB: Lid is considerably larger than the urn itself, suggesting the two were possibly not originally associated with each other.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 86.0, Width = 60.0, Length = 41.0

Catalog Number	CAS 1983-0015-0002A,B
Category	Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name	Mortuary urn with lid
Culture	Japanese
Global Region	East Asia
Country	Japan
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data	Island: Okinawa; Tsukishima
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	1600s or earlier
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Coral
Description	Urn for secondary burial, carved from a large piece of coral in the form of a hollowed rectangular box with open top; Separate removable lid extends over edges of box and is peaked to resemble a house roof; NB: Lid appears very small in relation to urn, suggesting the two were possibly not originally associated with each other.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 65.0, Width = 56.5, Length = 35.0

Catalog Number	CAS 0143-0108
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 0228-0003
Category	Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name	Prayer stick
Culture	Japanese: Ainu
Global Region	East Asia
Country	Japan
State/Prov./Dist.	Hokkaido
County
Other Geographic Data	City: Chitose
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1875
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Wood
Description	Flattened elongate rectangular spatula with both ends coming to short point; Upper face is carved in low relief with repeating geometric motif on fish scale pattern background; The end is dipped into sake or millet beer and the liquid is sprinkled to the four corners to ritually offer prayer to the gods and spirits; The stick is then held under the nose by men when they drink the wine or beer, holding up their mustaches.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 3.2, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 35.6

Catalog Number	CAS 0567-0008
Category	Accessories/Ornaments; Ceremonial Items
Object Name	Headdress
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	ca. 1880-1910
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Red shafted flicker (Colaptes auratus cafer) feathers; Cotton string; Shell and glass beads
Description	Headdress made from hundreds of red-shafted flicker feathers (some completely striped of barbs, others stripped of all barbs except black tips) strung together in flat row on 3 lengths of string; Ends of string are capped with white glass beads; 2 cotton string "ties" are threaded through feather band and secured with large shell disk beads.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = ca. 16.0, Length = 50.0

Catalog Number	CAS 0048-0030
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 0583-0009A,B
Category	Ceremonial Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name	Incense burner with lid
Culture	Korean
Global Region	East Asia
Country	Korea
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1973
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Metal: Brass
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 18.3, Max Diam = 12.4

Catalog Number	CAS 0583-0008
Category	Ceremonial Items; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name	Joss stick holder
Culture	Korean
Global Region	East Asia
Country	Korea
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1973
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Metal: Brass
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 5.5, Max Diam = 11.3

Catalog Number	CAS 0574-0011
Category	Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name	Fetish
Culture	Lunda
Global Region	Sub-Saharan Africa
Country	Congo (Zaire)
State/Prov./Dist.	Katanga Province
County
Other Geographic Data	Kapanga
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Wood; Plant fiber cord
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Max Diam = 2.2, Length = 6.0

Catalog Number	CAS 0574-0012
Category	Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name	Fetish
Culture	Lunda
Global Region	Sub-Saharan Africa
Country	Congo (Zaire)
State/Prov./Dist.	Katanga Province
County
Other Geographic Data	Kapanga
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 0.9, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 3.8

Catalog Number	CAS 0574-0058
Category	Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name	Fetish figure (anthropomorphic)
Culture	Lunda
Global Region	Sub-Saharan Africa
Country	Congo (Zaire)
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 25.1, Max Diam = 8.0

Catalog Number	CAS 0574-0059
Category	Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name	Fetish figure (bird)
Culture	Lunda
Global Region	Sub-Saharan Africa
Country	Congo (Zaire)
State/Prov./Dist.	Katanga Province
County
Other Geographic Data	Kapanga area
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Ivory
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 15.5, Max Diam = 2.5

Catalog Number	CAS 0574-0060
Category	Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name	Fetish figure (crocodile?)
Culture	Lunda
Global Region	Sub-Saharan Africa
Country	Congo (Zaire)
State/Prov./Dist.	Katanga Province
County
Other Geographic Data	Kapanga area
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Ivory
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Max Diam = 3.0, Length = 21.0

Catalog Number	CAS 0574-0057
Category	Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name	Fetish figure (female)
Culture	Lunda
Global Region	Sub-Saharan Africa
Country	Congo (Zaire)
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 13.0, Max Diam = 3.1

Catalog Number	CAS 0574-0056
Category	Carvings; Ceremonial Items
Object Name	Fetish figure (male)
Culture	Lunda
Global Region	Sub-Saharan Africa
Country	Congo (Zaire)
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 13.0, Max Diam = 3.1

Catalog Number	CAS 0574-0009
Category	Ceremonial Items
Object Name	Fetish
Culture	Lunda
Global Region	Sub-Saharan Africa
Country	Congo (Zaire)
State/Prov./Dist.	Katanga Province
County
Other Geographic Data	Kapanga
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Wood; Cotton cloth
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 5.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 35.0

Catalog Number	CAS 0574-0010
Category	Ceremonial Items
Object Name	Fetish
Culture	Lunda
Global Region	Sub-Saharan Africa
Country	Congo (Zaire)
State/Prov./Dist.	Katanga Province
County
Other Geographic Data	Kapanga
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Plant fiber; Wood; Gourd
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Max Diam = 3.0, Length = 12.0

Catalog Number	CAS 0060-0010
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 0227-0009
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

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