Gable Mask
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: ELONGATED BASKETRY MASK; WOVEN BASKETRY FORM COVERED WITH MUD/CLAY (?) MIXTURE, THEN PAINTED WITH WHITE, BLACK AND RED PIGMENTS; FOREHEAD HAS COWRIE SHELLS ENCRUSTED INTO MUD MIXTURE AND RESIN; COWRIE SHELLS EMBEDDED AROUND PERIMETER OF FACE; FACE FRAMED WITH FRINGED FIBERS; FIBER LOOP ON TOP OF PIECE; OPEN HOLES AT EYES AND MOUTH. NOTE: PIECE IS DAMAGED AT TOP WHERE COWRIE SHELLS AND MUD MIXTURE ARE MISSING IN SPOTS; ALSO SEVERAL SPOTS ON FACE.
label: Notes
content: Place name "Marak" not found for Papua New Guinea. Needs verification.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Marak, 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: E427248-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 91 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 28 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 17 cm