Mei Mask
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: ELONGATED SLENDER FORM; ENCRUSTED WITH SHELLS ON THE PERIMETER AND ON PROTRUDING ARC FROM NOSE TO CHIN; TUSKS PROTRUDING FROM NOSE; INSET COWRIE SHELL EYES; PIGMENT MARKINGS ON FACE; HUMAN HAIR ON TOP OF HEAD; FIBER HANGING LOOP ON TOP; CARVED HEAD OF BIRD OR CROCODILE AT BOTTOM OF CHIN; SOME PIGMENT WEARING OFF; SOME SHELLS MISSING; SHELLS PROBABLY INLAID IN SOME KIND OF MUD, CLAY AND/OR MANURE COMBINATION; PIECE IS CARVED OUT IN THE BACK. NOTE: "MCGHEE'S ATTACHED LABEL SAYS 'MAPRIK', BUT I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE IATMUL." (CATHERINE RHODES, CATALOGUER.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River (Middle), New Guinea / East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Iatmul
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390923
label: USNM Number
content: E427098-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 22 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 9 cm