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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: LARGER THAN LIFE-SIZE ORATOR STOOL; SEATED HUMAN MALE FIGURE WEARING BASKETRY BELT, 3 FRINGED FIBER ROPES AROUND EACH WRIST, 2 FRINGED FIBER ROPES AROUND RIGHT ANKLE, AND A HUGE MASK COVERING HEAD. FIGURE, STOOL AND LEG SUPPORTS HAVE BEEN BLACKENED. MASK IS PIGMENTED AND DECORATED WITH DESIGNS IN WHITE, BLACK, BROWN, AND OCHRE. ENTIRE PERIMETER OF MASK RINGED WITH INLAID COWRIE AND OTHER SMALL SHELLS IN RESIN/CLAY/MUD MIXTURE. REMNANTS OF WHITE FEATHERS EXTEND AROUND PORTION OF MASK PERIMETER BELOW THE EARS. A BOAR'S TUSK EXTENDS FROM EACH NOSTRIL; INLAID SHELL EYES; PIECE OF ANIMAL SKIN ATTACHED AT TOP OF HEAD. NOTE: ASSOCIATED FRAGMENTS IN TRAYS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Dec 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River (Middle), 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: E427139-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stool
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 76 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 66 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 212 cm