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MAA administers two historic endowments, the Crowther-Beynon Fund and the Frederick Williamson Memorial Fund, from which research grants are made available annually.

Applications are now invited to the Frederick Williamson Memorial Fund with a deadline of 5 April 2025.

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Applications are now invited to the Crowther-Beynon Fund with a deadline of 5 April 2025.

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Polished ebony wood (gai) figure of Tudava's (the hero that killed the giant man-eater Dokanikani) pregnant mother Metigisi/Bolitukwa. Made by Patrick Maginiti. Alotau, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.

This object is part of a collection (2018.3-2018.38) made by Sergio Jarillo de la Torre between November 2008-June 2010 in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. He was awarded a Crowther-Beynon Fund grant from MAA in 2008 to collect pieces for the museum. The collection was gathered during fieldwork leading to a Doctoral Degree in Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge.

MAA 2018.30.2. Photography by Javier Ruiz.

Two million years of human history. One million artefacts. Countless astonishing stories.