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: ELONGATED CARVED MASK; INTRICATE CARVING AROUND ENTIRE PERIMETER; RAISED DOME FOREHEAD; LARGE CIRCULAR SHELL EYES; BONE (PIG TUSKS?) EMBEDDED THROUGH NOSE; COWRIE SHELLS EMBEDDED IN CLAY/MUD MIXTURE AROUND PERIMETER OF MASK, AS WELL AS FORMING A "CAP" ON TOP; COWRIE SHELLS ALSO EMBEDDED FROM NOSE TO THE BOTTOM OF MASK; RAISED PROTRUSION FROM NOSE TO CHIN ENTIRELY EMBEDDED WITH COWRIE SHELLS, ENDING WITH A CARVED HEAD OF A CROCODILE; ENTIRE PIECE COVERED WITH PIGMENT; FIBER LOOP AT TOP OF PIECE. NOTE: PIECE IS VERY FRAGILE; EVIDENCE OF LOOSE COWRIE SHELLS SINCE STORAGE. YELLOW SQUARE OF TAPE ON PIECE. POSSIBLE VARIATION ON A MEI MASK (?). (CATHERINE RHODES, CATALOGUER, 1996).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kararau, 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: E427225-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 120 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 27 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 15 cm