Lintel From Haus Tambaran
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: PIECE HAS BEEN SAWN IN HALF. OVERALL IT IS CARVED WITH 18 RAISED HUMAN FORMS ALONG THE FRONT. AT EACH END ARE BIRD FIGURES (TWO ON ONE END, ONE ON OTHER END). OF THE 18 HUMAN FORMS, 9 ARE FULL FIGURES AND 9 ARE FACE MASKS. THE FIGURES AND MASKS ALTERNATE. ALL ARE PAINTED WITH THE SAME DESIGN, IN PIGMENTS OF OCHRE, BLACK, WHITE, GRAY AND YELLOW. TWO LARGE HANDLES ARE CARVED ON THE BACK OF BOTH PIECES. THE BACK IS UNPAINTED.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Aug 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: E427206-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sanctuary House Lintel
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1
content: 250 cm
label: Width - 1
content: 30 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 21 cm
label: Length - 2
content: 281 cm
label: Width - 2
content: 31 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 19 cm