Pole Puppet
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: 42 CM. X 17.5 CM. THREE DIMENSIONAL HEAD BUILT AROUND A STICK; MADE FROM A COMBINATION OF CELLULOSE FIBERS, WOOD, RESIN AND PIGMENTS; FACE HAS RAISED FEATURES, EYEBROWS, EYES, CHIN, MOUTH OUTLINE AND PERIMETER OF FACE; FACE IS PAINTED WITH WHITE PIGMENT AND THE RAISED FEATURES ARE OUTLINED IN BLACK PIGMENT EXCEPT FOR THE MOUTH; BLACK ELECTRICAL TAPE AROUND THE BOTTOM ON POLE. NOTE: HEAD IS VERY LOOSE ON THE STICK; PIECE IS NOT IN GOOD CONDITION. ATTACHED TAG READS: "ORIGIN: LAWA, MADE BY TESLOW; IN MBOGOTE: NAMELMOROW; USE: HELD BY A PERSON WHO HAS REACHED ONLY THE FIRST GRADE AT A FUNERAL CEREMONY."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Jul 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lawa Village, Malakula Island, Malampa Province, Vanuatu, 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: E427302-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Puppet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 105 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 17.5 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 15 cm