Pole Puppet
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: 46 CM. X 27 CM. THREE DIMENSIONAL HEAD MADE FROM COMBINATION OF CELLULOSE FIBERS, PIGMENTS, FUR, ELECTRICAL TAPE AND RESIN; PROTRUDING CYLINDRICAL 10 CM. EYES END IN ROUND DISCS; 16 CM. OVEREXTENDED CYLINDRICAL NOSE; FACIAL FEATURES ARE RAISED; OUTLINE OF MOUTH, EYEBROWS, FOREHEAD; WHITE PIGMENTED PIG TUSKS JUT OUT AT EITHER SIDE OF MOUTH FROM THE CORNER TO THE END OF EYEBROWS IN AN ARCH; DISTINCT PIGMENT MARKINGS IN WHITE, BLACK AND DARK RUST AND GRAY; ALTERNATING CIRCULAR BANDS OF DIFFERENT COLORED PIGMENTS AROUND EYES; BLACK ELECTRICAL TAPE AROUND THE BOTTOM OF THE POLE; NOSE PLUG ABOVE MOUTH AND UNDER NOSE; 16 CM. POINT PROTRUDES FROM THE TOP. NOTE: HEAD IS LOOSE FROM THE POLE. TAG READS: "ORIGIN: KAMELIVER; MADE BY: GAMELIUN; IN MBOGOTE: NAMBELANGHIO; USE: HELD BY A PERSON WHO HAS ACHIEVED ONLY TWO GRADES BY PAYING PIGS DURING FUNERAL CEREMONY AND DANCING."
label: Notes
content: Place name "Kameliver" not found in Vanuatu. Needs verification.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Jul 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kameliver (not certain), Vanuatu, 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: E427303-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Puppet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 118 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 32 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 31 cm