Mask

84-2-50

From: New Guinea | Middle Sepik River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-50
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Middle Sepik River
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Narrow oval mask, with empty sockets for inlay in eyes, one ear and some sort of projections (two) on forehead broken off. Incised and painted decoration, mostly repeated arcs in lower half, four ovals with dots and notched lines in upper half. Black, white, yellow and pink pigments.

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984

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