Standing Male 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: THREE DIMENSIONAL CARVED MALE STANDING FIGURE; ELABORATEDLY PIGMENTED IN ALTERNATING COLORS OF OCHRE, MUSTARD, BLACK AND WHITE IN GEOMETRIC SHAPED; TWO HORNBILL BIRDS ARE PERCHED SYMMETRICALLY ON THE HEAD; ANOTHER BIRD IS SITUATED BETWEEN THE TWO FEET; THE ARMS OF THE MAN ARE DEPICTED AS TWO SYMMETRICAL SNAKES. DAMAGE: A PIECE OF THE RIGHT EAR HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF (3 CM. SMALL VERTICAL CRACK THROUGH THE RIGHT EYE); 17 CM. LONG CRACK ON LEFT SIDE NEAR THE SNAKE HEAD; 6 CM. CRACK ON THE RIGHT NEAR THE SNAKE HEAD. NOTE: FIGURE CANNOT ACTUALLY STAND, AS THE FEET ARE UNEVEN. THE PIGMENTS ARE INTACT AND QUITE BRIGHT, NOT FADED. RED TAPE AND YELLOW TAPE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Maprik, New Guinea / East Sepik Province, 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: E427192-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 180 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 29 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 17 cm