Mud Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Feb 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1978
name: label: Collector
content: Gary Maybarduk
label: Donor Name
content: Alexander P. Maybarduk
notes: label: Notes
content: INTERIOR HEMISPHERICAL FRAMEWORK OF ROUGH CANE (BAMBOO?) WICKER, OVERLAID WITH 1 LOOPED FIBER TEXTILE, SEWN TO ATTACH, AND FINALLY 2 TOP LAYER OF THICK GREY MUD, SCULPTURED TO SHOW EXAGGERATED FACIAL FEATURES. BADLY CRACKED AND DETERIORATED, MANY PIECES DETACHED. LARGE HOSE, BROW RIDGES AND ONE EAR SECTION REMAINS. USED IN DANCE AT 1978 GOROKA SHOW. TRACES OF PACKING MATERIAL (WOOD CHIPS) ADHER TO SURFACE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Mar 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Asaro River Valley, New Guinea, 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: 358975
label: USNM Number
content: E425649-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 26 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 25 cm