Standing Figure With Bird On Head
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Sep 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1970's
name: label: Collector
content: Hon. Abe Fortas
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of African Art
notes: label: Notes
content: FACE INCISED AND PAINTED WITH WHITE AND ORANGE PIGMENT. COWRIE SHELL INLAID EYES ON FIGURE. COWRIE SHELL 'EYEBROWS' INLAID ON BIRD. SHELL STRUNG ATOUND FIGURE'S WAIST ON THIN FIBER CORD. WHITE LOIN CLOTH, ORANGE STRIPE AROUND KNEES. BIRD HAS WHITE CHEST WITH BISECTING ORANGE LINE AND ORANGE WINGS. BIRD'S COMB BROKEN ON TOP (2 PIECES REATTACHED). RIGHT COWRIE SHELL EYE MISSING ON FIGURE. OLD REPAIR (PIECES REATTACHED) ON BOTH SIDES OF BASE BACK.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River, New Guinea, 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: 368978
label: USNM Number
content: E427377-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 67 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12 cm