Mei 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 WOOD MEI MASK OF SLENDER FORM; COWRIE AND SMALL SHELL INLAY IN RESIN AROUND PERIMETER OF PIECE AND IN THE BUILT UP CROWN WITH HAIR ON TOP; ALSO SHELL INLAY IN ARCH EXTENDING FROM NOSE TO CHIN CULMINATING IN CARVED BIRD; BROWN AND BLACK PIGMENTED DESIGNS COVER AREA NOT INLAID WITH SHELL; PIG TUSK THROUGH SEPTUM. DAMAGE: ONE COWRIE SHELL MISSING ON THE RIGHT; RESIN CRACKED AND CHIPPED AT CROWN.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Maprik, 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: E427203-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 77 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 13 cm