Slit Drum "Garamut"
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: ELABORATELY CARVED WITH CROCODILE PATTERNS LINING THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE SLIT; CURVILINEAR SHAPES ARE CARVED OVER THE REST OF THE BODY PIGMENTED IN ALTERNATING COLORS OF WHITE, DARK BROWN AND AN "ADOBE" LIKE COLOR. THERE ARE TWO CARVED ANIMAL HEADS ON ONE TERMINAL - POSSIBLY A BIRD WITH A HOOKED BEAK AND A TURTLE OR FISH HEAD. THE OTHER TERMINAL ALSO HAS A CARVED ANIMAL HEAD (POSSIBLY CROCODILE (?) DAMAGE: PIGMENT IN SOME PLACES IS FLAKING OFF. NOTE: YELLOW SQUARE TAPE ON PIECE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Jul 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Papua New Guinea, 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: E427230-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 73 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 35 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 28 cm