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: LARGE THREE DIMENSIONAL UPRIGHT NUDE FEMALE FIGURE; BODY IS REALISTICALLY CARVED. HEAD IS STYLED LIKE AN OVERSIZED MASK AND CROWN AND HEAD ARE CAPPED WITH COWRIE AND OTHER SMALL SHELLS EMBEDDED IN CLAY/MUD RESIN; SAME DECORATION EXTENDS FROM UNDER ONE EAR TO THE OTHER ALONG THE EDGE OF FACE; ALL FEATURES ARE CARVED IN RELIEF, OVERSIZED WITH LARGE COWRIE SHELL EMBEDDED FOR EYES (ONE IS MISSING); FACE IS PAINTED WITH BLACK, WHITE AND RED PIGMENT IN CURVILINEAR DESIGNS OF WHICH MUCH HAS FADED; BODY OF FIGURE WAS PAINTED BOTH FRONT AND BACK WITH DOTS OF WHITE AND RED PIGMENT; RIGHT HAND IS HOLDING WHAT LOOKS LIKE HER PREGNANT BELLY; THE LEFT HAND IS AT HER SIDE; HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THIS IS A FERTILITY PIECE (CATHERINE RHODES, CATALOGUER, 1996). LOTS OF DAMAGE: UNDERNEATH THE BOTTOM OF BASE; THE WOOD IS DRY ROTTING IN PLACES & PROBABLY CANNOT STAND UPRIGHT; THE VERY TOP OF SHELL RESIN CAP IS GONE AS WELL AS MISSING COWRIE SHELLS AT POINT IN MIDDLE OF FOREHEAD AND ALONG SIDE OF CAP; ALSO NEARLY THE COMPLETE LEFT SIDE OF SHELL RESIN MIXTURE ON THE CHIN IS MISSING; TWO 5 CM. CRACKS IN BASE; CRACKS DOWN ONE SIDE OF FACE 13, 7, AND 10 CM.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kararau, Murik Lakes, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, 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: E427220-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 97 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 30 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 20 cm