Standing Figure
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: CARVED STANDING FIGURE ON ROUND BASE HOLDING LARGE COWRIE INSET MASK IN FRONT; ONE ARM OF FIGURE CRACKED AT ELBOW; FIGURE PAINTED IN RED STRIPES; ATTACHED COWRIE SHELL EARRINGS; HEADBAND OF UNKNOWN MATERIAL; SHELL WITH FIBER WRAPPED AROUND WAIST; MASK FRINGED WITH UNKNOWN MATERIAL, POSSIBLY ANIMAL/PLANT FIBER. DYED BLACK, PAINTED RED, WHITE AND BLACK DECORATION; PROTRUDING COWRIE INLAID ARCH FORM ATTACHED UNDER NOSE; INLAID COWRIE SHELL EYES; HAIR ATTACHED ON TOP; FIBER LOOP AT TOP; BONE THROUGH NOSE. DAMAGE: CRACKED WHERE MASK ATTACHED TO FIGURE; BASE CRACKED 1 CM. WIDE, 10 CM. LONG.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yentchan, Sepik River (Middle), New Guinea / East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390923
label: USNM Number
content: E427124-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 77 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 17 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 2.5 cm