Kneeling 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: CARVED THREE DIMENSIONAL WOODEN KNEELING FIGURE; FACE INTRICATELY PIGMENTED IN WHITE, RED AND BROWN PATTERNS; INSET COWRIE SHELL EYES; WHITE DENTALIA AT TOP OF HEAD AND WHITE POINTED HEAD PIECE; FIGURE IS KNEELING ON A ROUND BASE; WHITE "PLUGS" IN FRONT OF EARS. DAMAGE: 1) 10 CM. CRACK IN FRONT FROM CHIN TO MIDDLE TORSO; 2) LARGE CRACK AT MIDDLE OF RIGHT KNEE FROM BASE TO MIDDLE OF LEG 10 CM; AROUND LEG AND DOWN THE INSIDE OF LEG EXTENDING TO TOP OF BASE 11.5 CM; 3) 8 CM. CRACK BEHIND LEFT EAR. 4) 16 CM. CRACK FROM BASE OF HEAD TO TOP OF FOREHEAD; 5) 4 CM. CRACK AT TOP OF LEFT EAR TO FOREHEAD; 6) 3 CM. CRACK IN WHITE POINTED HEAD PIECE ON THE LEFT; 7) CRACK IN BOTTOM OF BASE 7 CM.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kararau, 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: E427223-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 47 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 17 cm