Mask

84-2-123

From: New Guinea | Yuat River (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-123
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Yuat River (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Plant Fiber | Pigment
Description

Mask with face in center, bird at top. Nose pierced, mouth cut through. Square hole through projection at top. Fiber tassels through nose and through ten holes along edges. Black, red, white. Insect damage on back. Face, and tassels along edges, like those on shields 84-2-70ff.

Height 91.5 cm
Width 30 cm
Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984
Other Number 712 - Other Number

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