Stone Head
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: WORKED GREY STONE HEAD W/ FLAT BACK, AND PRONOUNCED FEATURES: DEEP-SET EYES, PROMINENT FOREHEAD, BROW, CHEEKBONE, NOSE AND EARS. THE STONE USED IS PITTED IN SEVERAL PLACES. ACCORDING TO DR. ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY)THIS MODERN STONE HEAD IS "AN EXCELLENT CONTRAST TO THE SMITHSONIAN'S EASTER ISLAND (RAPA NUI) HEADS FROM 100 YEARS AGO. THEY (PEOPLE FROM RAPA NUI) KNOW WE HAVE THE THOMSON COLLECTION FROM USS MOHICAN IN 1886. GIVEN TO ME FOR THE SMITHSONIAN COLLECTION DURING A CONFERENCE I ATTENDED ON EASTER ISLAND (RAPA NUI)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416133
label: USNM Number
content: E428864-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 6.5 cm