Mask
58-17-40
From: New Guinea | Sepik River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 58-17-40 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | New Guinea | Sepik River |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber | Pigment |
Description | Rather light wood; elliptical; concave back. Holes cut through for eyes, mouth; hole joining nostrils but not cut through back of mask. Elongated nose extended below base of mask. Features are accented with red, white and black paint, and surface of mask is painted the same colors in curvilinear designs; red and white predominate. Fiber "collar" about 2 cm. wide attached through holes in sides of mask around lower third of it. |
Length | 61.2 cm |
Width | 23 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958 |
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