Fiber Suspension
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: AT ONE END IS A WOVEN BASKETRY TRIANGLE LIKE A HANDLE WITH A RAISED TRIANGULAR CROWN; ON THE OTHER SIDE ATTACHED AROUND ONE SIDE IS A FLOWING THICK MASS OF LONG FIBERS ABOUT 34 CM. LONG; "TRIANGULAR CROWN" PIECE IS PAINTED WITH HALF BLACK PIGMENT ON ONE SIDE AND HALF BROWN PIGMENT ON THE OTHER. THIS PIECE IS POSSIBLY A HEADDRESS. (CATHERINE RHODES, CATALOGUER, 1996).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Gulf Of Papua, New Guinea / Gulf 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: E426937-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fiber Suspension
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 47 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 37 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 12 cm