Day Dance Mask, "Oggeroggeruk"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 Jan 2010
label: Collection Date
content: 1972
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. George Corbin
label: Collector
content: Sarah Corbin
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. George Corbin
notes: label: Notes
content: Headdress made from barkcloth wrapped around and stitched onto a bamboo frame. Animal head (?), with narrow, elongated face (tortoise? turtle?) with large eyes, open mouth, and one tongue-shaped piece extending up from the head. A long shaft, gradually tapering to a point, extends up and back from the head. Natural light beige colored barkcloth, with floral patterns painted in red and black along the shaft. Eyes painted with concentric circles. Donor writes, on tag on the object: "Day dance helmet mask, "Oggeroggeruk", collected in 1972 at Walmetki Village."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Walmatki Village, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chachet Baining
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2042751
label: USNM Number
content: E433034-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height
content: ca. 230 cm
label: Maximum Width
content: ca. 26 cm
label: Maximum Length
content: ca. 66 cm