Mask
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: EGG SHAPED MUD/CLAY MASK WITH 4 CM WOVEN BASKETRY AROUND THE ENTIRE PERIMETER; PROTRUDING EARS; RAISED MOUTH, NOSE AND FOREHEAD; EMBEDDED COWRIE SHELLS ENCIRCLE THE PIECE; INSET COWRIE EYES; HUMAN HAIR TOPS THE CROWN FROM EAR TO EAR; BLACK, BROWN AND WHITE PIGMENT LINE THE FEATHERS. DAMAGE: PIECE BROKEN OFF BETWEEN THE EYELIDS, OVER THE NOSE; OVERALL, THE ENTIRE OBJECT IS VERY FRAGILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390923
label: USNM Number
content: E427255-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 30 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 25 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 9 cm