Gable 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: CARVED DARK BROWN ELONGATED MASK HEAVILY PIGMENTED WITH WHITE, TAN PIGMENTS; HIGH ELABORATELY CARVED FOREHEAD IN CURVILINEAR SHAPES; LARGE EXAGGERATED FEATURES - EYES, NOSE, CHEEKS AND MOUTH; INLAID SHELL IN DISC EYES; PROTRUDING TONGUE; ENTIRE PIECE HAS BEEN DARKENED, THEN PIGMENTS WERE OVERLAYED IN ALTER- NATING COLORS; CELLULOSE FIBER LOOP ATTACHED AT TOP WITH LONG BAMBOO STRIP ATTACHED (WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 175 CM. LONG).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River (middle) / Chambri Lakes, 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: E427057-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 155 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 47 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 15 cm