Plaited Straw Mask.
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Thomas Schultz-Westrum
label: Donor Name
content: Evelyn J. Hall
notes: label: Notes
content: KANIPU MASKS, OVAL HEAD WITH SNOUT AND SMALL OPENJAWS AND TWO 'EAR' APPENDAGES. FRAMEWORK OF OVAL BASE ELEMENT, 11 VERTICAL ELEMENTS, EACH TIED TO ONE SIDE OF OVAL BY ITS ENDS. FIRST 3 ELEMENTS SHAPE SNOUT. (0.8 - 1.5 CM) THREE HORIZONTAL ELEMENTS (THINNER - 0.5 CM) SPIRAL BOUND.2 'EARS' TIED TO 4TH VERT. ELEMENT. 3 TIES ON OVAL AT MOUTH. WORN BY YOUNG BOYS DURING INITIATION. SEE CAT. 423721.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Feb 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Gipi Village, Gope Area, New Guinea / Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 358974
label: USNM Number
content: E423723-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 80 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 40 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 25 cm