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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