Mask
29-50-99
From: New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Palimbei
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
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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