Dance Costume
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: (1/6) RECTANGULAR PIECE MADE OF WOOD & BASKETRY FRAMEWORK & COVERED WITH BARKCLOTH; LARGE BUNDLE OF THREAD WRAPPED CASSOWARY FEATHERS ARE ATTACHED TO ONE SIDE OF THE LOWER TRIANGLE AND HANG DOWN; ON THE OTHER SIDE A PIECE OF EXTENDED WOOD PROTRUDES FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE CORNER BASE; THREE SEPARATE WRAPPED BIRD FEATHERS ACCOMPANY THE PIECE; TWO WITH A CIRCLE MADE OF MUD/DUNG/RESIN IN THE MIDDLE.(2/6) TRIANGULAR PIECE OF WOOD & BASKETRY FRAMEWORK COVERED WITH BARKCLOTH; LARGE BUNDLE OF CASSOWARY THREAD WRAPPED FEATHERS ATTACHED & HANG DOWN ONE SIDE; POINTED PIECE OF WOOD PROTRUDES ON OTHER SIDE & LARGE SIMILAR BUNDLE IS ATTACHED; CONE SHAPED WRAPPED PIECE GOES THROUGH MIDDLE OF THE TRIANGLE; BUNDLES OF FEATHERS ATTACHED. (3/6) HOLLOW PIECE OF BAMBOO WITH YELLOW, GREEN, BLACK & WHITE LONG FEATHERS WRAPPED AROUND THE BAMBOO WITH CASSOWARY FEATHERS PROTRUDING FROM THE BOTTOM; TWINE WRAPPED AROUND TOP. (4/6) LONG, SLENDER CONE SHAPED WOODEN PIECE COVERED WITH BANDS OF DIFFERENT COLORED FEATHERS OF WHITE, BLACK, ORANGE, GREEN, PURPLE & BROWN. (5/6) SEMI-CIRCLE OF WHITE FEATHERS ALL BLUNT CUT AT BOTTOM, ATTACHED TO A NECKBAND. (6/6) PLASTIC BAG OF FEATHER FRAGMENTS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
place: label: Place
content: Gulf Of Papua, New Guinea / Gulf 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: E426935-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Costume
physicalDescription: label: Length - 5 Of 6
content: 30 cm
label: Width - 5 Of 6
content: 29 cm
label: Depth - 5 Of 6
content: 3 cm
label: Length - 6 Of 6
content: 33 cm
label: Width - 6 Of 6
content: 20 cm
label: Depth - 6 Of 6
content: 5 cm
label: Length - 4 Of 6
content: 49 cm
label: Width - 4 Of 6
content: 11 cm
label: Depth - 4 Of 6
content: 17 cm
label: Length - 1 Of 6
content: 75 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 6
content: 60 cm
label: Depth - 1 Of 6
content: 12 cm
label: Depth - 3 Of 6
content: 8.5 cm