Pottery Sculpture
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Sep 1981
label: Collection Date
content: 1977
name: label: Donor Name
content: Peter Calderon
notes: label: Notes
content: A HOLLOW, BUT CLOSED (OPEN ONLY AT EYES & MOUTH) CONICAL BOTTOMED, VERTICALLY ELONGATED SEMI-GLOBULAR FORM OF THICK REDDISH BODIED POTTERY. THE UPPER PART MODELLED INTO A PAIR OF HIGH RELIEF HUMAN FACES WITH PERFORATED EYES & MOUTH & SURROUNDED BY A WIDE RIDGE (TWO-THIRDS COMPLETE ON ONE SIDE, MISSING FROM THE OTHER BUT PAINTED WHITE WHERE IT HAD BEEN). THE NOSE ON ONE SIDE ALSO MISSING. UPPER PART OF BODY AROUND FACES COVERED WITH ROWSOF INCISED CHEVRONS. RED, WHITE & BLACK PAINT HAS BEEN APPLIED. THE DONOR SAYS THIS IS A "SACRED POT FOR YAM WORSHIP".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Washkuk Hills, Sepik River (upper), New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 348283
label: USNM Number
content: E422072-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 41 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 20 cm