Gable
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: TRIANGULAR WOODEN CONSTRUCTION OF POLES LASHED TOGETHER WITH BAMBOO. SIX PIECES OF BARK STITCHED TOGETHER WITH BAMBOO LACING TO CREATE THE TRIANGLE. TRIANGLE PAINTED WITH LIFE SIZE FEMALE FIGURE WITH MASK FACE. BACKGROUND IS DARK BROWN. WAVE PATTERN ON BOTTOM IN ALTERNATING PIGMENTS OF OCHRE, WHITE, BROWN AND YELLOW. PATTERN OF WHITE PIGMENTED CONCENTRIC CIRCLES FILLING UP ALL SPACE SURROUNDING FEMALE FIGURE; SOME CIRCLES HAVE COLORS OF OCHRE OR YELLOW IN THE MIDDLE; SIDE BORDERS OF CURVILINEAR PATTERNS IN ALTERNATING PIGMENTS OF BROWN, WITH OCHRE AND YELLOW VARIATIONS. BACK IS UNPAINTED. DAMAGE: BOTTOM HORIZONTAL POLE BROKEN (LOOKS ROTTED) ALSO SOME PIGMENTS ARE BEGINNING TO FLAKE OFF. NOTE: FERTILITY PIECE? FEMALE FIGURE LOOKS PREGNANT. (C. RHODES, CATALOGER, 1996).
label: Notes
content: Stored in Pod 4 oversize whole unit. Advance arrangements are needed for access.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Oct 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River (Middle), New Guinea / East Sepik 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: E427157-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gable
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 246 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 164 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 14.5 cm