House Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Apr 1994
name: label: Collector
content: George C. McGhee
label: Donor Name
content: George C. McGhee
notes: label: Notes
content: CARVED HUMAN FIGURE WITH A FRIGATE BIRD WITH WIDESPREAD WINGS STANDING ON TOP OF FIGURE'S HEAD; ELABORATELY CARVED FEATHER PATTERNS, PIGMENTED WITH WHITE, BROWN, BLACK AND MUSTARD; HUMAN FIGURE AND CYLINDRICAL BASE CARVED AND PIGMENTED IN DARK BROWN AND ORANGE; INSET COWRIE SHELL EYES IN BOTH FIGURES; BASE IS HOLLOWED OUT TO SLIDE OVER RIDGE POLE. (CATHERINE RHODES, CATALOGUER, 1996).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Aug 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River (Middle), New Guinea / East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390923
label: USNM Number
content: E427163-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: House Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 124.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 83.5 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 40 cm