Papua Region
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Toy weapon; arrow (pastimes: sport)

Toy weapon; bow (weapons: missiles & projectors)
Earrings

Ritual daggers

Currency units (currency & wealth)

Currency units (currency & wealth)

Currency units (currency & wealth)

Carving (art)

Staff (ritual & belief: religious buildings & furnishings)

Fan (personal protection)

Fan (personal protection)
Lime gourd
Lime gourd

Bags (land transport: human powered)

Bag (land transport: human powered)

Bag (land transport: human powered)

Bags (land transport: human powered)

Bags (land transport: human powered)
Dagger
Arm ornament
Skirt
Skirt
Belts (clothing: accessories)
Barkcloth
Lime stick
Lime stick
Lime stick
Textile; barkcloth; tapa

Carving (art)

Carving (art)

Club (weapons: bludgeon)

Canoe paddle; catamaran model

Comb (general & multipurpose)

Bilum
Bilum
Bilum
Head band

Gope

Gope
Grass skirt
Grass skirt
Comb (hair ornaments)
Belt
Belt (clothing: accessories)
Canoe model
Mat (general & multipurpose)
Christmas card; sample (textileworking: barkcloth making); textile

Dugout with single outriggers (dugout canoe model)
Catamaran model

Areca nut pestle
Collection Information
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