Facial Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Oct 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1923
name: label: Collector
content: Herbert S. Brown
label: Donor Name
content: Charleston Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: 'U'-SHAPED FACE ORNAMENT OF 28 BOAR'S TUSKS FASTENED TO BRAIDED ROPE CORE. 26 TUSKS POINTING OUT, 2 CLOSING TOP OF 'U'. WORN WITH BASE OF 'U' UNDER CHIN SO TWO LONG TUSKS MEET AT FOREHEAD. REFERENCE: A.B. LEWIS "PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC" (P.85) SEE PHOTO OF USE IN ACCESSION FILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Melanesian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390861
label: USNM Number
content: E427360-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 25 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 24 cm