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: 28.5 CM. X 18 CM. THREE DIMENSIONAL HEAD MADE FROM A COMBINATION OF FIBERS, FUR, PIGMENTS AND PIG TUSKS; HEAD IS BUILT AROUND A WOODEN STICK (POLE); SLENDER FORM; RAISED FEATURES, EYEBROWS AND CROWN AND OUTLINE OF MOUTH, NOSE; PIG TUSKS JUT OUT FROM THE SIDES OF THE MOUTH TO THE TOP OF THE EYEBROWS FORMING AN ARCH ON EITHER SIDE; DISTINCT MARKINGS OF BLACK, DARK RUST AND WHITE PIGMENT; POINT OF POLE STICKS OUT OF THE TOP OF THE HEAD BY 10 MM; PIECE OF BLACK ELECTRICAL TAPE IS AROUND THE BOTTOM OF THE POLE. NOTE: MUCH OF THE WHITE PIGMENT ON THE PIG'S TUSKS HAS FLAKED OFF. [Detached] tag reads: "Origin: Lendemboi / Made by: Mami / In Mbogote: Namelium / Use: Held by the person who has achieved the third grade (by paying pigs) at a funeral ceremony."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Sep 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: E427304-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Puppet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 94 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 16 cm