Pole Puppet
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: PIGMENTED CONE SHAPED THREE DIMENSIONAL PIECE WITH FACES BACK TO BACK; BOTH FACES HAVE RAISED FEATURES AND PIG TUSKS FROM THE CORNER OF THE MOUTH UPWARD AT AN ANGLE, CREATING DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT MARKING PATTERNS, THOUGH THEY SHARE THE SAME PIGMENT COLORS OF GRAY, BLACK, WHITE AND BROWN; MID-SECTION FROM TOP OF MASKS-PIECE IS DECORATED WITH ALTERNATING COLORS OF PIGMENTS IN CIRCULAR STRIPES. ATTACHED TAG READS: "ORIGIN: TOMAN ISLAND, MADE BY: ENDOUBEREE, IN TOMMAN: TEMES MBALMBAL; THIS HEAD-DRESS IS WORN BY A MAN WHO HAS TAKEN EIGHTEEN GRADES IN THE NALAWAN SOCIETY - THE GRADE TAKING SYSTEM."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tomman Island, Malampa Province, Vanuatu, 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: E427305-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Puppet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 69 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 16 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 16.5 cm