Standing Male 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: THREE DIMENSIONAL STANDING MALE FIGURE; ENTIRE PIECE DARKENED; ELONGATED FACE WITH OCHRE AND WHITE PIGMENTS APPLIED IN CURVILINEAR PATTERNS; LARGE ROUND INSET SHELLS FOR EYES; COWRIE SHELLS INSET IN RESIN AROUND THE ENTIRE PERIMETER OF THE FACE AND SIX ROWS WIDE AT THE BUILT UP CROWN; TWO HOLES DRILLED IN EACH EAR WITH LONG SLENDER SHELL EARRINGS FASTENED WITH CELLULOSE FIBER THROUGH THE HOLES; THE VERY TOP OF THE HEAD IS CROWNED WITH RESIN, INLAID WITH COWRIE SHELLS AND HAS SIX FEATHERS PROTRUDING FROM IT, STANDING UP. THERE ARE TWO FACES CARVED ON TO EACH SHOULDER PIGMENTED WITH OCHRE AND WHITE APPLIED IN CURVILINEAR PATTERNS; CELLULOSE FIBER "SHIRT" HANGS DOWN IN FRONT OF PROTRUDING MALE PENIS; FIGURE STANDS WITH FEET CARVED AND ROUNDED OVER A PEDESTAL; BLACKENED BODY HAS SPLASHED ON WHITE AND OCHRE PIGMENT. DAMAGE: THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE "HEADRESS" HAS BROKEN OFF.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kararau, 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: E427221-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 180 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 46 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 24 cm