Silver Sculpture
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Apr 1981
label: Collection Date
content: 1950
name: label: Collector
content: Ladd I. Johnson
label: Donor Name
content: Estate of Ladd I. Johnson
notes: label: Notes
content: CAST IN SILVER, A PAIR OF NUDE HUMAN FIGURES, ONE ON THE OTHER'S HEAD. THE UPPER ONE HAS EXTENDING FROM HIS ABDOMEN A PERFORATED PLAQUE WITH AN ADDITIONAL FIGURE SEATED ON THE TOP. STAMPED ON THE BOTTOM IS: "SPIRO, HAND-MADE, 925." THOUGH IN TRADITIONAL FORM, ITS BEING MADE IN SILVER INDICATES RECENT MANUFACTURING, PROBABLY IN A STUDIO. REFER: DOUGLAS NEWTON, "NEW GUINEA ART...MUSEUM OF PRIMITIVE ART," NO. 123. ALSO: "LE CRANE," MUSEUM CANTINI, MARSEILLE, NO. 200.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Irian Jaya (Western New Guinea/Papua), Indonesia, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Asmat
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 345292
label: USNM Number
content: E421925-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 40.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3.5 cm