Mask

58-17-44

From: New Guinea | Sepik River District

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 58-17-44
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Sepik River District
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Shell | Pigment
Description

Elliptical with pointed chin; back is concave, hole in top and bottom. Forehead painted red, black and white; cheeks and upper part of nose black; lower nose and mouth area white but mouth is red. Eyes are raised ridges with cowrie shell in each. Mouth is slightly perforated; nostrils are perforated through nostrum but not through to back.

Length 27.3 cm
Width 19.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958

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