Pole Puppet
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 PIECE BUILT AROUND A WOODEN POLE: SLENDER FORM CONSISTING OF HEAD, TORSO WITH RAISED OUTSTRETCHED BENT ARMS; ONE HAND GRIPPING A WOODEN CLUB; THE OTHER HAND GRIPS A BOW AND "ARROWS"; ENTIRE PIECE IS PIGMENTED IN DARK BROWN; FEATURES ON HEAD ARE RAISED - THE CHIN, EYEBROWS AND OUTLINE OF THE MOUTH; THE EYES ARE HOLLOWED CIRCLES (HOLES); PIG TUSKS JUT OUT FROM THE CORNER OF THE SIDE OF THE MOUTH TO THE TOP OF THE HEAD IN A WIDE ARCH AND ARE ALSO PIGMENTED DARK BROWN. "ORIGIN: KAMELIVER, MADE BY: WOLUT IN SOUTH MALEKULA LANGUAGE (MBUGOTE); TEMES NOWHUE. USE: HELD BY THE PERSON WHO HAS ACHIEVED FIFTH GRADE BY BUYING THE GRADE WITH PIGS DURING FUNERAL CEREMONY DANCING AND PROCESSIONS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Vanuatu, 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: E427306-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Puppet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 78 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 68 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 24.5 cm