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: CARVED, SLENDER ELONGATED MASK, SURMOUNTED BY LARGE CROCIDILE FROM NOSE TO BELOW CHIN; CARVED BIRD SURMOUNTS THE TOP FROM THE EXTENDED CROWN; BIRD'S BACK TWO LEGS AND TAIL FORM THE NOSE OF THE MASK; ENTIRE SURFACE IS DARKENED; CASSOWARY FEATHERS ORIGINALLY SURROUNDED THE ENTIRE PERIMETER, NOW THEY ARE ON THE LEFT SIDE AND END JUST AS THEY COVER THE TOP. DAMAGE: NOTE FEATHERS ARE BRITTLE AND HAVE COME UNATTACHED IN SEVERAL PLACES. NOTE: CARDBOARD PIECE WITH NUMBER 39 IS ATTACHED TO PIECE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yonakai, 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: E427004-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 132 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 15 cm