Carving Of A Head
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: ELONGATED FACE WITH BIRD AT TOP AND BOTTOM; INSET ABALONE SHELL EYES; INCISED CURVILINEAR CARVED SHAPES ON TOP OF HEAD AND CHIN.NOTE: BIRD FIGURE POSSIBLE "MESSENGER" WITH ABILITY TO TRAVEL TO MANY WORLDS (UNDERWATER, SKY AND EARTH) AND BRING BACK MESSAGES TO PEOPLE; SPIRITUAL PROPERTIES. (CATHERINE RHODES, CATALOGUER).DAMAGE: ONE SHELL EYE IS LOOSE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
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: E427029-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Carving
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 60 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 19 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 14 cm