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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