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: SHIELD MADE FROM ONE SIDE OF A TREE TRUNK THAT HAS BEEN CUT DOWN THE MIDDLE VERTICALLY. FRONT HAS INCISED CARVINGS OF CURVILINER FORMS. TOP IS CARVED WITH AN INCISED BIRD/HUMAN FORM. ENTIRE PIECE HAS BEEN DARKENED WITH OCHRE COLORED PIGMENTS APPLIED TO INCISED CARVED AREAS. BACK OF PIECE HAS BEEN HOLLOWED OUT; CELLULOSE FIBER CORDAGE STRUNG THROUGH TWO CARVED HOLES THAT ONLY SHOW IN THE BACK TO HOLD THE PIECE.NOTE: EXTENSIVE BUG DAMAGE AND ROTTING; PARTICULARLY ON BACK OF PIECE; ALSO AREA ABOUT 3/4 DOWN THE FRONT (L. 24 CM. X W. 5 CM.) OF THE PIECE IN THE MIDDLE; PIECE AT TOP RIGHT SIDE TO RIGHT MIDDLE HAS BROKEN AND CHIPPED PIECES AND IS VERY BRITTLE. CRACKS ON FRONT 47 CM. LONG FROM BOTTOM UP THE MIDDLE; 69 CM. LONG DOWN THE MIDDLE ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS DOWN THE FRONT. WARNING! PIECE IS VERY BRITTLE AND SOFT IN AREAS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sepik River, 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: E427000-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shield
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 155 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 29 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 17 cm