Mask

84-2-98

From: New Guinea | Lower Sepik River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-98
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Lower Sepik River
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Long, oval, with straight free-standing nose, touching at tip. Eyes excavated but not inlaid. Incised and low relief decoration, including circles, ovals, chevrons on forehead, serpentine low-relief designs on lower face. Traces of white and pinkish pigments. Thin line of white paint (accidental) across lower face. Square hole at top. Large chip broken away at bottom back.

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984
Other Number 37X - Other Number

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