Mask
80-17-1
From: New Guinea | Sepik River Area (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 80-17-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Sepik River Area (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Boar Tusk | Shell | Peel | Pigment |
| Description | Long, thin carved human face, with projecting tongue and long nose, which extends to bottom of mask, ending in a carved bird. Eyes are conical projections inlaid with something shiny (mica?). Boar's tusk ornament in nose. Black, white, red pigment forming concentric arcs on forehead, sides of face, nose. Peel hanger at top of back. |
| Length | 70 cm |
| Width | 10 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Donald Cilea, 1980 |
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