Mask

29-50-99

From: New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Palimbei

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 29-50-99
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Palimbei
Section Oceanian
Description

Modelled in gum on basketwork foundation. Lower jaw not represented. Flap represents tongue. Called "mask for back of head"; perhaps worn like 29-50-98, but cf. RECHE pp. 409-10. Man's.

Width 17 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 245 - Other Number

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