Yam Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1980's
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: PLAITED BASKETRY MASK MADE OF RATTAN. FRONT OF MASK IS COVERED W/ MUD AND DULL YELLOW-BROWN PAINT. MASKS FACE HAS LARGE ELLIPTICAL EYES W/ LARGE CRESCENT-SHAPED OPENINGS IN THE WEAVE. AT BOTTOM OF THE MASK'S FACE IS A SMALL STRAIGHT OPEN MOUTH. SURMOUNTING MASK'S FACE IS A PATTERNED HEADDRESS W/ OPENINGS IN THE WEAVE. A PIECE OF BARK IS TIED TO THE MASK'S TOP. DR. ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY) PURCHASED THIS MASK IN 1980 IN PORT MORESBY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River (middle), New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Abelam
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416133
label: USNM Number
content: E428859-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 33 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 25 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 7.3 cm