artefact;
religious/ritual equipment;
charm(?)
- Museum number
- Oc,+.3361
- Description
-
Ritual object, charm (?) of red stone.
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1884)
- Curator's comments
-
Stuck-on handwritten label:
YAM GROWING GOD / S.E. NEW GUINEA / A.W.F. AP.84. /W.W. GILL
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Register slip comment:
'Yam growing god'.
See Christy Correspondence:
This object may be one of the items referred to in a note annotated 'Pres AF 4/84 + 3362 etc' - 'Gods from the S.E. part of New Guinea. For yams, - to make them grow. A stone laid on each mound, with incantations, of course. Just to hand. Wm Wyatt Gill'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1884
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,+.3361
- Additional IDs
-
CDMS number: Oc1884C2.3361 (old CDMS no.)
