Plaited Straw Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Thomas Schultz-Westrum
label: Donor Name
content: Evelyn J. Hall
notes: label: Notes
content: COMPLETE PLAITED MASK WITH LATTICE WORK FRAME, WOVEN WORK DONE IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES AND FEATHERS DECORATION. KARIPU MASK WORN BY YOUNG BOYS DURING INITIATION. OVAL HEAD WITH LONG OPEN JAW AND ATTACHED APPENDAGES (6). TWO PARTS - 1. BASE FRAMEWORK - OVAL FRAME 2. WOVEN WORK AND DECORATION BASE OF WOVEN WORK BEGINS 5.5 CM FROM BOTTOM OF OVAL FRAME WITH A LEDGE (4CM WIDE) OF SPIRAL COILING. 'EAR' APPENDAGES FRAME OF 2 LOOPS AND LONGITUDINAL MID-SECTION. PLAIN WEAVING WITH ONE CONTINUOUS ELEMENT IN SPIRALLING FORM TIED TO FRAME ALONG THE EDGE AND MIDDLE BY SELVAGE BRAID. SOME REPAIR ON APPENDAGES (RIGHT & LEFT) AND LEFT IS DAMAGED. SIZES - 17X11 CM (2) LEFT & RIGHT (AT BASE) LXW 24X12 CM (2) LEFT & RIGHT TAIL SECTION 35X19 CM TOP OF HEAD 26X24 CM
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Gipi Village, Gope Area, New Guinea / Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 358974
label: USNM Number
content: E423721-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 127 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 90 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 54 cm