Carving Of A Head
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: CARVED ELONGATED BLACK FACE WITH WHITE AND PINKISH BROWN PIGMENT; SHELL INSET EYES; PIECE ENDS AT THE NECK IN A SYMMETRICAL HOOK ON EACH SIDE; ONE SHELL INSETEYE MISSING; FLAT BACK.NOTE: BLACK AND WHITE TAPE LABEL ON BACK SAYS "CHAMBRI INDAGAI B. KANGER"; CARDBOARD SQUARE PIECE ATTACHED WITH #24.NOTE: HOOK STYLE IS SIMILIAR TO CARVED HOOKS FOR HANGING FOOD FROM RAFTERS, SO ANIMALS DON'T GET INTO IT. BUT THIS PIECE IS VERY LARGE AND HEAVY AND HAS NO HOLE CARVED IN IT FOR A LOOP, WHICH WOULD ATTACH IT TO RAFTERS.(CATHERINE RHODES, CATALOGUER.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River (middle) / Chambri Lakes, 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: E427023-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Carving
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 67 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 31 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 11 cm