Ancestral Board. "Kai Aimuru"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Thomas Schultz-Westrum
label: Donor Name
content: Evelyn J. Hall
notes: label: Notes
content: MEMORIAL BOARD FOR REVERED ANCESTOR HUNG OR PROPPED UP EN MASSE INSIDE MEN'S LONG HOUSES. ELLIPTICAL, ROUNDED AT TOP AND FLAT BOTTOM AND, WITH CUT AWAY AREA BETWEEN FEET OF FIGURE. CENTRAL FIGURE WITH FACE, TRUNK (CIRCLE-AND-CHEVRON UNIT) FROM WHICH THIN LIMBS AND ARMS EXTEND. BORDER DESIGN AROUND FIGURE OF DENTATE AND CHEVRONS. CIRCLE ABOVE AND BELOW. COLOURS: WHITE (SUNK GROUND), ORANGE, AND CHARRED SURFACE (RAISED AREA). BOARD IN GOOD CONDITION. TECH.: TWO DIMENSIONAL LOW RELIEF WITH SUNK GROUND, LINEARRIDGES PROVIDE RELIEF FORM. ONE SIDE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Moinamu Village, Kerewo Area, New Guinea / Gulf Province, 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: 358974
label: USNM Number
content: E423718-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Board
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 100.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 25.5 cm
label: Unknown - Thickness
content: 1.9 cm