Gable Mask
84-2-1
From: New Guinea | Middle Sepik River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 84-2-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Iatmul (uncertain) |
Provenience | New Guinea | Middle Sepik River |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Pigment |
Description | Wooden mask, with protruding conical eyes, wide nose, open mouth with protruding tongue. Carved "moustache", with incised crescents. Small hole through top, mouth cut through either side of tongue. Colored black, mouth and tongue red. |
Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984 |
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