Shield
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: FLAT, WOODEN SHIELD WITH ABSTRACT GEOMETRIC AND SUN PATTERN REPEATED FOUR TIMES- TWO SIDE BY SIDE AT TOP AND TWO UNDERNEATH ON THE BOTTOM HALF; OVERALL, THE ENTIRE PIECE HAS BEEN DARKENED BROWN; THE INCISED CARVED DESIGNS HAVE BEEN PIGMENTED WITH OFF-WHITE, MUSTARD AND DARK BROWN PIGMENTS. NOTE: BOTTOM LEFT CORNER MISSING PIECE 1.5 CM X 5 CM. DESIGNS COULD BE ABSTRACT CROCODILE SHAPES AND BODIES. (CATHERINE RHODES, CATALOGUER, 1996).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: May River, Sepik River (upper), New Guinea, 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: E427185-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 193 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 42 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 5 cm