Yam Minja Figure
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: STANDING CARVED FIGURE WITH TWO HEADS; ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER; ELONGATED BODY WITH 15 PROJECTIONS, 2 OF WHICH ARE BROKEN OFF; PIGMENTS ON TOP FACE ARE BRIGHT YELLOW, MUTED RED AND WHITE ARE STILL BRIGHT, WHEREAS THE REST OF THE PIECE IS HEAVILY PIGMENTED RED, YELLOW, WHITE AND BROWN SWIRLS BUT HAS FADED CONSIDERABLY.NOTE: THE PIECE IS ACTUALLY A THREE DIMENSIONAL CARVED FIGURE HOLDING THE ELONGATED FLAT BODY WITH PROJECTILES SURMOUNTED BY A DISC SHAPED CONCAVE FACE IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE THREE DIMENSIONAL BODY.WASHKUK ALSO SPELT WASKUK.WASHKUK CULTURE CLOSELY RELATED TO KWOMA CULTURE. (SEE GEWERTZ "SEPIK RIVER SOCIETIES, 1983).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River (Middle), New Guinea / East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Washkuk
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390923
label: USNM Number
content: E427108-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 145.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 28 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 23 cm