Standing Female Figure
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: ELABORATELY CARVED AND DECORATED THREE DIMENSIONAL FEMALE FIGURE WITH TWO SMALL HUMAN FIGURES EMERGING ON EITHER SIDE OF HER STOMACH; THE FIGURES FACES AND BODIES HAVE VERY SIMILIAR MARKINGS AND DECORATIONS MIRRORING MAIN FIGURE'S DECORATIONS AND MARKINGS - SAME PIGMENT COLORS, SHAPES, ETC. A SNAKE IS CRAWLING UP HER RIGHT LEG FROM THE FOOT TO THE TOP OF HER INNER THIGH; A DIFFERENT ANIMAL STRADDLES HER LEFT LEG; THE ENTIRE PIECE HAS BEEN COVERED WITH OCHRE PIGMENT AND THEN DECORATED WITH GEOMETRIC AND OTHER SHAPES IN WHITE, MUSTARD, GRAY AND BLACK PIGMENTS; PIGMENTS ARE BRIGHT AND IN GOOD SHAPE. FEET ARE UNEVEN, SO PIECE CANNOT STAND. DAMAGE: RIGHT EAR HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF AND IS MISSING; 3.5 X 3 CM. HOLE ON RIGHT SIDE OF RIGHT LEG; 1.5 X 1 CM. HOLE ON RIGHT FOOT OF SMALL HUMAN BODY ON RIGHT SIDE OF STOMACH; 12 CM. CRACK ON LEFT LEG AT HIP; 18 CM. LONG CRACK ON LEFT LEG NEAR HEAD OF ANIMAL.
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: E427191-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 209 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 33 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 24 cm