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 STANDING FIGURE; FLAT BROWN WITH LIGHT BROWN PIGMENT OR MUD APPLIED ON STOMACH, BREASTS, GENITAL AREA AND LEGS; INCISED"SCARIFICATION" DESIGNS ON HER STOMACH; PROTRUDING BREASTS; ARMS AT SIDE OF BODY; FIGURE CANNOT ACTUALLY STAND UP RIGHT BY ITSELF, AS ONE LEG IS SHORTER THAN THE OTHER.CRACKS: 1.) SMALL HAIRLINE CRACKS ON THE FOREHEAD;2.) 9 CM. CRACK EXTENDING FROMTHE BOTTOM OF THE NOSE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE MOUTH; 3.) 10 CM. CRACK FROM LEFT SIDE OF NECK TO TOP OF LEFT BREAST; 4.) MANY LONG HAIRLINE CRACKS RUNNING VERTICALLY ON THE STOMACH; 5.) 8.5 CM. LONG CRACK ON RIGHT SHOULDER.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: E427104-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 162 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 25 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 22 cm