Dance Costume
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: (1/3) SMALL MASK WITH GEOMETRIC DESIGNS IN BROWN, WHITE, BLACK AND TAN PIGMENTS WITH A COWRIE SHELL MOUNTED IN THE MIDDLE ON A BED OF RESIN WITH 8 CASSOWARY FEATHERS COMING OUT OF IT LIKE RAYS; THE PERIMETER OF THE PIECE HAS A ROPE OF SMALL WHITE BIRD FEATHERS MOUNTED ALONG THE EDGE; AT PRESENT, THE WHITE FEATHER PERIMETER HAS COME DETACHED FROM THE PIECE.(2/3) WHITE FEATHER PERIMETER MENTIONED ABOVE.(3/3) CONE SHAPED WOVEN BASKET BLACK, WHITE AND ADOBE COLORED ENDING IN A FLAT CIRCLE, PERPENDICULAR TO THE BASKET; BASKET PERIMETER HAS SMALL WHITE BIRD FEATHERS AROUND THE OUTSIDE TOP RIM AND A HANDLE OF CELLULOSE FIBER IS TIED AT EITHER SIDE; THE BASKET HAS A BLOCK OF WOOD LASHED TO THE BACK OF IT WITH A YELLOW SQUARE PIECE OF TAPE ON IT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Gulf Of Papua, New Guinea / Gulf Province, 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: E426936-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Costume
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 3
content: 26 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 3
content: 21 cm
label: Depth - 1 Of 3
content: 9 cm
label: Length - 3 Of 3
content: 50 cm
label: Width - 3 Of 3
content: 19 cm
label: Depth - 3 Of 3
content: 22 cm