Mask
Headdress
55-13-87
From: New Britain | West Nakanai | Lavegi
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 55-13-87 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lakalai |
| Provenience | New Britain | West Nakanai | Lavegi |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bark | Feather | Plant Fiber | Pigment |
| Description | Bark, painted black, yellow, orange, blue, on natural, in geometric forms including two concentric circle motifs. High peak covered with magenta-over white cotton (down?), with band of feathers below; high crown of white cotton (down?) with red and yellow feathers; tall feathers plume (broken off); grass fringe at bottom |
| Height | 125 cm |
| Credit Line | New Britain Expedition; Ward Goodenough and C. A. Valentine, 1955 |
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