Wooden Mace With Ribbon
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 May 1963
name: label: Donor Name
content: Fine Arts Hall
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Gold fluted head. Handle grooved above and below space for hand near bottom and painted red. An orange silk ribbon with 2 ruffled pompoms is tied around handle." An object with this number was exhibited in NHB Exhibit Hall 7, case 1. When the case was taken down in 2005, it was realized that there are actually 2 maces with this number, one in storage, with painted surfaces in poor condition, and the one that was exhibited, which is in very good condition. It is possible that the piece in good condition is actually an exhibit prop? Or, when the deteriorating condition of the paint on the first mace was determined, perhaps another mace might have been ordered from Taiwan for exhibit, but this fact not documented on the catalogue card? The curator, Dr. Paul Taylor, was consulted, and he has asked that both maces be stored as # E400426J. Note that while there are 2 wooden maces, there is only one orange ribbon/cloth, which had been tied around the handle of the exhibited mace. It is unclear which mace this ribbon was originally associated with.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Mar 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Taiwan, China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 242417
label: USNM Number
content: E400426J-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mace