Slit Drum
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: CARVED CANOE FORM FROM ONE PIECE OF WOOD; HOLLOWED OUT IN THE CENTER; ALLIGATOR HEAD WITH INSET COWRIE EYES AT ONE END; HUMAN HEAD WITH INSET COWRIE EYES AT OPPOSITE TERMINAL; COMPLETELY CARVED BASE COVERED WITH CURVILINEAR DESIGNS WITH CARVED FACED LAYING SIDEWAYS ON EITHER END; CURVILINEAR DESIGNS BETWEEN THEM ON ONE SIDE: CELLULOSE FIBER ROPE STRAND AROUND NECK OF ALLIGATOR AND ONE AROUND NECK OF HUMAN HEAD AT OPPOSITE TERMINAL.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Jul 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River (middle) / Chambri Lakes, 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: E427059-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 129 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 22 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 20 cm