Gable Mask

84-2-17

From: New Guinea | Middle Sepik River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-17
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Middle Sepik River
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Long, narrow, curved at top. Protruding cylindrical eyes, long straight nose with heart-shaped nostrils, mouth with about ten carved teeth. Four carved crescents below mouth, small crocodile head at bottom. Design of ovals and intelocking scrolls both sides of bottom half, pointed notches in border around top half of face. Ends of eyes, mouth red, rest black and white. Projection at top of back, with peel knotted through. Left ear broken off.

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984

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