Carving Of A Head
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 ELONGATED HEAD AND NECK ATTACHED TO A SQUARE BASE; ENTIRE PIECE HAS A DARKENED SURFACE; LARGE, ROUGH FEATURES OUTLINED WITH WHITE PIGMENT. DAMAGE: 1) 2.5 CM. CHIP MISSING LEFT OF CENTER ON NOSE. 2) 2 CM. CHIP MISSING WHERE NOSE JOINS FOREHEAD. 3) 1.5 CM. CHIP MISSING ON FOREHEAD. NOTE: CARD ATTACHED READS: "TREE FERN TOTEMIC CARVING, AMBRYM, NEW HEBRIDES." "IN THE NEW HEBRIDES, MEN WHO WISH TO IMPROVE THEIR RANK AND STATUS IN THE COMMUNITY MUST ADVANCE THROUGH A GRADED SECRET SOCIETY. AN ESSENTIAL .SIC. IN THE RITUALS IS THE SACRIFICE OF ESPECIALLY BRED PIGS BY THE INITIATE. CARVINGS IN TREEFERN, WOOD AND STONE ARE PLACED AROUND THE PERIMETERS OF THE AREA USED BY THE DIFFERENT GRADES AND TRESPASS BY PERSONS WHO ARE EITHER UNINITIATED OR OF A LOWER GRADE IS FORBIDDEN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ambrym Island, Malampa Province, Vanuatu, 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: E427299-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Carving
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 47.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 16 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 17 cm