Cult Hook
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 SLENDER FORM WITH 8 CARVED HOOKS EXTENDING DOWN THE FRONT OF THE BODY; CARVED FACE AT TOP WITH INSET COWRIE EYES; ENTIRE PIECE HAS BEEN DARKENED WITH PIGMENT OR MUD. NOTE: POSSIBLY USED AS A CHARM FOR HUNTING OR FISHING. (CATHERINE RHODES, CATALOGUER, 1996.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Karawari River, Sepik River (upper), New Guinea, 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: E427168-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hook