Dance Costume Ornament
29-50-667
From: New Guinea | Kaulagu
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 29-50-667 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | New Guinea | Kaulagu |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Balsa Wood | Feather | Pigment |
Description | Two-faced painted wooden human mask framed in openwork ornament terminating below, on each side, in a hornbill's head surmounted by a small human face compressed laterally like the bird's head. Along the top a row of clipped feathers. |
Length | 75 cm |
Width | 46 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
Other Number | 576 - Other Number |
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