Mask
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: BLACK CARVED ELONGATED FACE; CROW HAS CAP OF HUMAN HAIR EMBEDDED IN CLAY/MUD MIXTURE WITH COWRIE SHELLS LINING THE EDGE; SAME DESIGN IS USED IN FORMING A BEARD, EXTENDING FROM THE BOTTOM OF EACH EAR AROUND THE CHIN; RAISED EYEBROWS ARE ALSO COVERED WITH CLAY/MUD MIXTURE AND EMBEDDED WITH HUMAN HAIR, AS WELL AS A MUSTACHE OVER THE MOUTH; EYE SOCKET AND MOUTH ARE COMPLETELY CARVED OUT; CARVED EARS HAVE THREE HOLES IN EACH - TOP, MIDDLE AND BOTTOM WITH KNOTTED CORD IN 2 TO 3 INCH LONG PIECES; TWO POINTED NODULES PROTRUDING FROM FOREHEAD; CELLULOSE FIBER LOOP AT TOP OF HEAD. NOTE: LABEL ON BACK SAYS "DANCING MASK" BUT THIS IS QUESTIONABLE. (CATHERINE RHODES, CATALOGUER, 1996).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Maprik, 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: E427202-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 36 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 16 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 12 cm