Basketry Helmet 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: LARGE OVERSIZE WOVEN BASKETRY HELMET MASK; HEAVILY PIGMENTED WITH BLACK, RED AND WHITE PIGMENT; FRONT IS LARGER THAN THE BACK AND IS OVAL SHAPED WITH 5 LARGE OPENINGS AT THE EYES; TWO ROUND WOVEN DISCS ATTACHED ON EITHER SIDE OF EYES; AT THE VERY TOP OF PIECE IS AN INTRICATELY WOVEN CIRCULAR SHAPE WITH A SIX POINTED DESIGN INSIDE. NOTE: CARDBOARD TAG WITH #12 ATTACHED TO IT. MADE TO BE PUT ON OVER A PERSON'S HEAD. (CATHERINE RHODES, CATALOGUER, 1996).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
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: E427199-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 38 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 32 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 32 cm