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: THREE DIMENSIONAL CARVED NUDE FEMALE FIGURE; PIECE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DARKENEDWITH A DULL BROWN PIGMENT AND/OR MUD; SMALL CIRCULAR FACE; BODY HAS PROTRUDING BREASTS; SLIT FOR FEMALE GENETALIA; ARMS ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE BODY; HEAD HAS APROTRUDING ROUND KNOB AT TOP; FIGURE CANNOT ACTUALLY STAND AS ONE LEG IS SHORTER THAN THE OTHER. DAMAGE: LEFT HAND CHIPPED AT FRONT. NOTE: WASHKUK ALSO SPELT WASKUK. WASHKUK CULTURE CLOSELY RELATED TO KWOMA CULTURE. (SEE GEWERTZ "SEPIK RIVER SOCIETIES", 1983.)
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
culture: label: Culture
content: Washkuk
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390923
label: USNM Number
content: E427105-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 162.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 31 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 18 cm