Pole Puppet
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: 38 CM. X 18.5 CM THREE DIMENSIONAL HEAD MADE FROM A COMBINATION OF CELLULOSE FIBERS, FUR, PIGMENTS AND PIG'S TUSK; HEAD IS BUILT AROUND THE WOODEN STICK (POLE); SLENDER FORM WITH EXAGGERATED NOSE AND RAISED OUTLINE OF MOUTH, FOREHEAD AND EYEBROWS; PIG TUSKS JUT OUT ON EITHER SIDE OF CORNER OF THE MOUTH TO END OF EYEBROWS, FORMING AN ARCH; TUSKS ARE PAINTED WITH WHITE PIGMENT (NOW CHIPPED IN PLACES); DISTINCT MARKINGS OF BLACK AND RUST COLORED PIGMENT ON FACE; 15 CM POINT PROTRUDES FROM HEAD AND IS WRAPPED IN FUR (POSSUM ?); PIECE OF BLACK ELECTRICAL TAPE IS WRAPPED AROUND THE BOTTOM END OF THE POLE WITH A NAIL STUCK INTO IT. NOTE: HEAD IS LOOSE FROM THE POLE. TAG ATTACHED TO OBJECT READS: "ORIGIN: LENDEMBOI, MADE BY: WURWURSAK IN SOUTH MALEKULA LANGUAGE (MBOGOTE): NANAY; USE: HELD BY THE PERSON HAVING BOUGHT THE GRADE WITH PIGS DURING FUNERAL CEREMONY DANCING AND PROCESSIONS." .SIC.
label: Notes
content: Place name "Lendemboi" not found in Vanuatu. Needs verification.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lendemboi (not certain), 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: E427301-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Puppet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 106 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18.5 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 15 cm