Mud Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Feb 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1978
name: label: Collector
content: Gary Maybarduk
label: Donor Name
content: Alexander P. Maybarduk
notes: label: Notes
content: ROUGH CONICAL INTERIOR FRAMEWORK OF ATTACHED CANE (BAMBOO?) HOOPS, OVERLAID WITH 1 LAYER OF COMMERCIAL CLOTH (COTTON KNIT), AND 2 TOP LAYER OF THICK GREY MUD, PRESUMABLY SCULPTURED TO SHOW FACIAL FEATURES. HOLES CUT FOR EYES. BADLY CRACKED AND DETERIORATED, LITTLE MUD REMAINS. LEANS TO ONE SIDE, LARGE HOLE AT TOP. USED IN DANCE AT 1978 GOROKA SHOW. TRACES OF PACKING MATERIAL (WOOD CHIPS) ADHER TO SURFACE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Mar 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Asaro River Valley, New Guinea, 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: 358975
label: USNM Number
content: E425650-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 29 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 25 cm