Breast-Piece
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: WOVEN FIBER WITH SMALL COWRIE SHELLS WOVEN IN THE FIBER; HORIZONTAL PIECE WITH LARGE SHELLS MOUNTED ON EITHER END; ATTACHED TO BAR ARE 93 SETS OF WOVEN STRIPS;WOVEN OVAL PIECES WITH SHELLS; UNDER THOSE ARE 10 LONG WOVEN PIECES WITH SHELLS; ON TOP OF BAR ARE 5 WOVEN TRIANGLES WITH SHELLS; ALL STRIPS ARE PAINTED IN AL- TERNATING FADED COLORS OF TURQUOISE, RED OR ORANGE; PIECE HAS A LONG STRAP ATTACHED TO THE HORIZONTIAL BAR ON BOTH SIDES. NOTE: APPRAISAL SHEET REFERS TO PIECE AS A "BREAST PIECE"; BLACK AND WHITE TAPE TAG ON ARTICLE CALLS IT A "CEREMONIAL APRON"; ANOTHER BLACK AND WHITE TAPE TAG ON BACK OF ITEM READS "BREAD PIECE." THERE IS ALSO A YELLOW TAPE SQUARE ON THE OBJECT AND A CARDBOARD TAG WITH THE NUMBER 64 ON IT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Goroka, Western Highlands, 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: E426873-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Breast Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 71 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 42 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 5 cm