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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