Gable Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Apr 1994
label: Collection Date
content: 1970's
name: label: Collector
content: George C. McGhee
label: Donor Name
content: George C. McGhee
notes: label: Notes
content: VERY LARGE OVERSIZED CONCAVE MASK OF PAINTED BARK LASHED TO A WOVEN BASKETRY FRAME; WOVEN BASKETRY DISC EYES; WOVEN EARS AND NOSE AND LARGE MOUTH OPENING; BARK IS PAINTED IN YELLOW, WHITE AND BLACK DESIGNS; CELLULOSE FRINGED FIBER ON CHIN FROM EAR TO EAR. DAMAGE: LARGE PARTS ON FRONT FRINGED FIBER MISSING UNDER CHIN; PIGMENT IS CRACKING AND PEELING IN SPOTS; SEVERAL LARGE HOLES IN FOREHEAD AREA.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River (middle) / Blackwater River, New Guinea, 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: E427063-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 122 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 70 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 44 cm