def get_human_readable_type(item):
    """Return human-readable type string of an item"""
    if isinstance(item, (ndarray, MaskedArray)):
        return item.dtype.name
    elif isinstance(item, Image):
        return "Image"
    else:
        text = get_type_string(item)
        if text is None:
            text = to_text_string('unknown')
        else:
            return text[text.find('.')+1:]
Return human-readable type string of an item