Plaited Straw Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Thomas Schultz-Westrum
label: Donor Name
content: Evelyn J. Hall
notes: label: Notes
content: KANIPU MASKS, ROUNDED BEADS WITH LONG OPEN JAW, AND SIDE PROJECTIONS. JUST FRAMEWORK. WORN BY YOUNG BOYS DURING INITIATION. DOME FRAME WORK WITH JAW AND 'EAR' APPENDAGES (5). FRAMEWORK HAS OVAL BASE ELEMENT. 13 VERTICAL ELEMENTS ONE TIED TO ONE SIDE AT AT OVAL AND TIED TO OPPOSITE SIDE OF OVAL BASE. (0.6-1.5CM) HORIZONTAL. 5 ELEMENTS ARE TIED WITH RATTAN (THREAD) FROM WHICH APPENDAGES ARE TIED CONTINUOUS TIE. BASE ELEMENT WIDEST (2.3 CM). APPENDAGES HAVE SHORT TIES. ONE TIE IS OVAL AT MOUTH. ANOTHER FORM ON TOP: SEE CAT. 423721.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Gipi Village, Gope Area, New Guinea / Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 358974
label: USNM Number
content: E423722-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 102 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 36 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 37 cm