Pottery Vessel Cover
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: BROWN CLAY DOME SHAPE SURMOUNTED BY STRADLING FIGURE WITH TWO HEADS, BOTH ELONGATED AND ARCHED ONE GOING DOWN THE FRONT OF THE PIECE AND ONE GOING DOWN THE BACK OF THE BODY; ENTIRE PIECE IS PIGMENTED WITH WHITE AND GRAY; SIX CASCADING SETS OF EYES AND NOSES DOWN THE FRONT ARCH AND 13 CASCADING SETS OF EYES AND NOSES DOWN THE BACK ARCH; STRIPED WITH GRAY AND WHITE ALTERNATING PIGMENTS; DOME IS DECORATED WITH CONCENTRIC CIRCLES AROUND THE MIDDLE.DAMAGE: 1.) CRACK AT BASE UNDER RIGHT FOOT TRAVELS UP THE FACE OF THE DOME AND SPLITS INTO ANOTHER CRACK UNDER THE RIGHT FOOT. 2.) CRACKS WHERE BOTH FRONT AND BACK BOTTOM OF ARCHED CHINS ARE ATTACHED TO THE DOME. 3.) CRACK 3 CM. FROM THE TOP OF HEAD CIRCLING HEAD ENTIRELY. 4.) CRACK ENCIRCLING LEFT ARM 6 CM. UP FROM THE TIP OF THE HAND. 5.) CRACK ENCIRCLING BACK ARCH 7 CM. FROM THE TOP OF PIECE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Palimbei, Sepik River (middle), New Guinea, 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: E427018-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lid
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 24 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 21 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 21 cm