Figurine
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Jul 1999
name: label: Collector
content: Marie-Helene Sachet
label: Donor Name
content: Muriel W. Sterne
notes: label: Notes
content: SINGLE PIECE CARVED WOOD OF SQUATTING HUMANOID FIGURE. FIGURE HAS SHARP ANGULAR EDGES. FRONT OF THE FIGURE CARVED WHILE BACK FLAT. ARMS FLAT AGAINST BODY, HANGING STRAIGHT DOWN AND BENT AT ELBOW W/ HANDS RESTING ON KNEES. LEGS FLUSH AGAINST BODY ANGLED FORWARD W/ FEET RESTED AGAINST LEG. LINE CARVED ACROSS FIGURE'S BELLY WHERE BELLY PROJECTS FORWARD. HEAD TRIANGULAR W/ FLAT TOP AND SLOPED TRIANGULAR FOREHEAD. TRIANGULAR PIECES OF MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID FOR EYES. NOSE RAISED W/ THIN LINE CARVED FOR MOUTH. BACK OF FIGURE SMOOTH. MARIE-HELENE SACHET (COLLECTOR) IDENTITIES AS "MONKEY MAN FROM CAROLINE ISLANDS, MICRONESIA." ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY) COMMENTS, "VERY SIMILAR IN STYLE TO LARGE STONE FIGURE IN OUR COLLECTION AND [formerly] ON EXHIBIT" AND IDENTIFIES IT AS FROM LAMOTREK.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lamotrek Island, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yapese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420729
label: USNM Number
content: E428734-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 1.3 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 7.8 cm