Orator Stool
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: TWO CARVED FIGURES SUPPORT THE SEAT. THE LARGER MALE FIGURE HAS AN OVERSIZED OVAL MASK AS A HEAD; SCARIFICATION MARKS ON CHEST, STOMACH, SHOULDERS, AND THIGHS. A FIBER ROPE IS TIED AROUND THE WAIST WITH A CIRCULAR CUT SHELL TOGGLE HANGING FROM THE BACK, THROUGH WHICH THE ROPE'S TASSLES EXTEND. THE MASK HAS CONUS INSET EYES, BOAR TUSKS CURVING UPWARD THROUGH THE NOSE, A BORDER OF COWRIE SHELLS EMBEDDED IN RESIN, AND A CARVED, ELONGATED PIG PAINTED IN YELLOW, OCHRE, AND WHITE STRIPES WITH INSET COWRIE SHELL EYES EXTENDS DOWN OVER THE FOREHEAD. THE MASK IS COVERED WITH PAINTED CURVILINEAR DESIGNS IN WHITE, OCHRE, AND DARK BROWN AND IS TOPPED WITH A CROWN OF CASSOWARY FEATHERS. A CARVED ELONGATED BABY CROCODILE EXTENDS DOWN THE BACK OF THE MASK. THE SEAT OF THE ORATOR STOOL RESTS ON THE HEAD OF THE SMALLER FIGURE. THE SMALLER FIGURE HAS INSET CONUS SHELL EYES, FIBER ROPE AROUND THE NECK AND WAIST WITH CUT CIRCULAR SHELL TOGGLES HANGING IN THE BACK. BOTH FIGURES ARE STANDING ON A ROUND DOMED PEDESTAL WITH A CIRCULAR CARVED FACE MASK ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BASE BETWEEN THEM.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kararau, 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: E427226-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Orator Stool
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 46 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 37 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 203 cm