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 FORM WITH A CARVED OVAL HEAD AT THE TOP; FOLLOWED BY SUCCESSION OF CARVINGS ON THE CROWN; ANOTHER CARVED ELONGATED FACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PIECE; A CARVED FACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIECE FACING UPSIDE DOWN; ENTIRE PIECE HAS BEEN DARKENED; INCISED CURVILINEAR CARVINGS HAVE EVIDENCE OF ALTERNATING PIGMENTS OF WHITE, LIGHT BROWN AND BLACK FROM TOP TO BOTTOM OF PIECE; CASSOWARY FEATHERS ATTACHED TO ONE SIDE OF PIECE UNDER CROWN BY CELLULOSE FIBER; THE OTHER FIBERS AND FEATHERS ARE MISSING ON THE LEFT SIDE; MIDDLE FACE HAS INSET COWRIE SHELL EYES, WITH RIGHT SHELL MISSING.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River (Middle), New Guinea / East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390923
label: USNM Number
content: E427130-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 121.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 28 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 10 cm