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: 35 CM. X 16.5 CM. HEAD MADE FROM A COMBINATION OF CELLULOSE FIBERS, POSSUM FUR, PIGMENTS & PIG'S TUSKS; MASK BUILT AROUND WOODEN STICK (POLE); SLENDER FORM WITH RAISED FEATURES; PIG TUSKS JUT OUT FROM CORNER OF THE MOUTH TO CORNER OF THE EYES IN AN ARCH ON BOTH SIDES; DARK BROWN PIGMENT, EXAGGERATED NOSE; BLACK PIGMENT AROUND EYES AND CHEEKS; WHITE PIGMENT IN RECESSED EYES AND RECESSED LONG MARKING ON FOREHEAD; TOP OF HEAD CULMINATES IN A TOP KNOT OF CELLULOSE FIBER OR FUR LASHED WITH RAFFIA-LIKE BINDINGS. TAG ON ITEM READS: "ORIGIN: TOMMAN ISLAND, MADE BY: TELIMBWHE IN TOMMEN: NEKILWAYLAP. FENCES .SIC. LIKE THESE ARE USED TO DECORATE THE FENCES SURROUNDING THE NAKAMAL (MEN'S SACRED HOUSE) DURING THE NALAWAN CEREMONIES". NOTE: HEAD IS LOOSE FROM THE POLE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tomman 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: E427300-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Puppet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 87 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 17.5 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 17.5 cm