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: FRAMEWORK OF BASKETRY, BAMBOO, AND STRIPS OF BARK(?) OR PLANT STEM. FACE IS OVAL SHAPED, PAINTED WHITE OVER A BLACK GROUND. BUILT-UP RESIN EMBEDDED WITH SMALL SHELLS IS USED TO OUTLINE THE MOUTH AND EYES AND TO EMPHASIZE THE FOREHEAD, CHEEKS AND CHIN AREAS (A LARGER CONUS(?) SHELL IS ALSO USED IN THESE LAST THREE AREAS). THE NOSE IS ALSO CONSTRUCTED OF BUILT-UP RESIN EMBEDDED WITH SMALL SHELLS, WITH A PIG'S TUSK EXTENDING UPWARD FROM EITHER SIDE. A 6 CM. PLANT FIBER FRINGE IN ALTERNATING BROWN COLORS RIMS THE FACE BELOW THE EYES. A LONGER FRINGE (UP TO 36 CM.) IN THE SAME ALTERNATING COLORS OF OCHRE, RUST, AND BROWN RIMS THE OUTER REAR BASKETRY FRAMEWORK ALONG THE SIDES AND BOTTOM OF THE PIECE. BUNDLES OF CASSOWARY FEATHERS ARE WOVEN INTO A SEMI-CIRCULAR PIECE OF BASKETRY AT THE TOP OF THE FACE. THE BACK OF THE MASK IS A FLAT, DARKENED SHEET OF PLANT FIBER OR BARK. THE TOP OF THE MASK ENDS IN A CONE SHAPE CONSTRUCTED OF BAMBOO AND STRIPS OF PLANT FIBER, WITH THE REMAINS OF FEATHERS WHICH WERE ATTACHED AROUND THE CONE. SMALL WHITE FEATHERS ARE ALSO ATTACHED TO THE FACE BELOW THE SHORTER FRINGE. A PIECE OF FUR (WITH MOST OF THE HAIR WORN OFF) IS TIED ACROSS THE FOREHEAD.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Dimiri / Tambuan, Sepik River (middle), New Guinea, 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: E427122-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 130 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 44 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 27 cm