Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Mar 1998
label: Collection Date
content: 1969 to 1974
name: label: Collector
content: Mary V. Trent
label: Donor Name
content: Mary V. Trent
notes: label: Notes
content: TEAR-SHAPED PAINTED WOOD CARVING OF A FACE. CARVED FROM SINGLE PIECE OF WOOD. LARGE FOREHEAD PAINTED BLACK, W/ CARVED EYEBROWS AND EYES. EYEBROWS DECORATED W/ BLACK TRIANGLES. EYES PAINTED BLACK AND WHITE. LONG RECTANGULAR NOSE W/ ARROW SHAPED MOUTH W/ WHITE TEETH. ALONG FACE'S BORDER FROM EYEBROWS TO CHIN BLACK LINE. BACK UNCARVED. IN PENCIL ON BACK "FEFAN ISLAND, TRUK TTPI."ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY) COMMENTS "THIS IS ESPECIALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE TRADITIONALLY MASKS WERE NOT MADE ON FEFAN AND THIS ONE REPRESENTS AN IDEA DIFFUSED FROM MORTLOCK ISLAND, TRUK. ITWAS PRESENTED TO MARY VANCE TRENT ON HER OFFICIAL STATE DEPARTMENT VISIT TO FEFAN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fefan Atoll, Chuuk Islands, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chuuk
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416128
label: USNM Number
content: E428780-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 61 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 23.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 8.3 cm