Mask

84-2-120

From: New Guinea | Middle Sepik River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-120
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Iatmul
Provenience New Guinea | Middle Sepik River
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Clay | Shell
Description

Large mask, encrusted across top, down sides and on bottom third with reddish clay, inlaid with conus, cowrie and nassa shells. Soft fiber beard. Cassowary feather at top. Cowrie shell eyes. Boar's tusk nose ornament in large nose. Extensions from nose (with some clay and nassa shells at top) become bird and touches again at chin. Tufts of black and white feathers at this point. red, black and white. face paint.

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984
Other Number 176 - Other Number

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