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Mar 29, 2021
Mar 29, 2021
Ancestral Tablet
Ancestral Tablet
c. 1940
Painted wood
Overall: 126.7 x 20.3 cm (49 7/8 x 8 in.)
Gift of The May Company, Cleveland 1963.555
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Ancestral tablets are among the sacred objects stored in the ceremonial houses of the Papuan Gulf. Some are owned collectively, by clans, while others are the property of individuals. The tablets are used in the consecration of ceremonial houses and canoes, or in the initiation of children.
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