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Spiritual aspects

Resource material:
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  • Ancestor/ Spirit Boards from Papua New Guinea
World art objects:
  • Janus-headed stick/pestle. Papua New Guinea. (40008)
  • Kneeling bird figure with wings spread out (40038)
  • Bowl in the form of a bird swallowing a fish, the underside carved with the design of a suspension hook (40039)
  • Carving of a squatting figure within an arch surmounted by a janus-headed hornbill encircling another human head. (40055)
  • Bark painting with a stylised pattern of six comma/foetus shapes. (40073)
  • Fan-like object decorated with a face - possibly a dance mask
  • Face on wooden mount/support
  • Funerary urn in form of squatting feline warrior god
  • Figure with arms crossed
  • Black stone head
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