Mask

84-2-99

From: New Guinea | Middle Sepik River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-99
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Iatmul (uncertain)
Provenience New Guinea | Middle Sepik River
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Face surmounted by bird, with beak at top, feet and tail on forehead, wings outspread. Projecting conical eyes on round discs. Nose with long thin bridge and curved nostrils. Mouth a small incised arc. "Moustaches". Nose ornament carved in low relief. Notched border outside that, with carved circles flanked by crescents both sides. Carved ovals, crescents, etc., also on head and back of bird. Mostly black. Somewhat chipped, with traces of white (e.g., rings around eyes and on cheeks, spirals on nose ornament).

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984

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