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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