Ceremonial Plaque
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Sep 1981
label: Collection Date
content: 1977
name: label: Donor Name
content: Peter Calderon
notes: label: Notes
content: A: BODY - A SEMI-"T" SHAPE OF 2 LAYERS OF BOARDS WITH SOME STRIPS BETWEEN. EACH SIDE ELABORATELY PAINTED WITH CURVILINEAR DESIGNS IN RED & WHITE. TO THIS ARE ATTACHED 3 SEPARATE MASKS: B: SMALL (30CM. H.) OVAL, PLAIN CARVED OF WOOD, PAINTED BUT NO OTHER DECORATION. C: MEDIUM (63CM. H.) OVAL, CARVED INTO LONG POINTED NOSED HUMAN FACE, WITH EXTRA FIGURE ON THE FOREHEAD. AROUND EDGE ARE ATTACHED TUFTS OF GRASS, FEATHERS, ETC. D: LARGE (76CM. H.) ALSO OVAL, CARVED INTO HOOKED NOSE HUMAN FACE & PAINTED, SURROUNDED BY THE SAME GRASS & FEATHER TUFTS. THE WHOLE IS QUITE FRAGILE. THIS WAS MADE FOR THE 1971-72 INSTALLATION OF PRIME MINISTER SOMARE AS TRIBAL CHIEF.
label: Notes
content: Stored in Pod 4 oversize whole unit. Advance arrangements are needed for access.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Murik Lakes, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 348283
label: USNM Number
content: E422073-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Plaque
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 144 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 129 cm