Story Board
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Sep 2006
label: Collection Date
content: Jul 1989
name: label: Collector
content: Stanley Helsel
label: Donor Name
content: Stanley Helsel
notes: label: Notes
content: Wooden slab carved with village scene. Oblong oval shape. Foreground has crowd of people, all in profile facing left, with large birds, a snake, and a bowl. Background has several houses and trees. Houses appear to have geometric patterns carved on the sides and thatched roofs. Storyboard has white paint in some of the carved lines. Heavy deposits of dried red mud in recessed areas. Back is smooth with black areas that appear to be burned. Donor purchased this storyboard at "Tribal World" shop in Mt. Hagen, in Western Highlands Province, but he says it is originally from the Sepik region.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mt. Hagen / Sepik Area, New Guinea / Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sepik Area
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2040623
label: USNM Number
content: E431901-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Storyboard
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 101 cm
label: Maximum Width
content: 59.5 cm
label: Maximum Thickness
content: ca. 2.5 cm