Carving Of A Head
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 THREE DIMENSIONAL BLACK WOODEN HEAD INSET WITH COWRIE SHELL EYES; INCISED CURVILINEAR CARVING ON TOP OF HEAD CREATING A RAISED CAP; SAME TREATMENTON CHIN EXTENDING FROM THE BOTTOM OF ONE EAR TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OTHER EAR; HEAD SITS RAISED FROM THE BACK BY A CARVED ROUND SHAPE WHICH SERVES AS A RESTINGMOUNT.DAMAGE: ONE EXTENSIVE CRACK FROM TOP OF FOREHEAD TO CHIN, PASSING THROUGH ONE OFTHE EYES APPROXIMATELY 29 CM.; SECOND CRACK FROM NOSE TO UNDERSIDE OF CHIN APPROXIMATELY 8 CM.; SMALL 3 CM. CRACK ON TOP OF SKULL.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River (middle) / Chambri Lakes, 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: E427028-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Carving
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 21 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15.5 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 12.5 cm