9.) The Ambum Stone. Ambum Valley, Enga Province, Papua, New Guinea. C. 1500 BCE. Greywacke.

Form

-Used stone to carve stone -Composite human/animal figure(anteater head and human body)

Content

-Theories: -Masked Human -Anteater embryo in a fetal position -Anteaters thought of as significant because of their fat deposits -May have been a pestle -Perhaps a ritual purpose; considered sacred

Function

-May have been a pestle -Perhaps a ritual purpose; considered sacred

Context

Context

Additional Information

--More information about the object's function is currently unknown. -There are 12 artifacts like the Ambum Stone: mortars and pestles excavated from Papua New Guinea. -The Ambum Stone and other similar artifacts are called simting bilong tumbuna which means bones of the ancestors.