Mask

84-2-35

From: New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-35
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Cowrie
Description

Oval mask with upturned and pointed nose projecting at center, small cowrie shell eyes. Broad convex planes: forehead, cheeks, chin area. Flat rims around forehead and jaw: holes pierced at center and sides of top rim, and in five places in bottom rim.

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984

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