Mask

84-2-68

From: New Guinea | Blackwater River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-68
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Blackwater River
Section Oceanian
Materials Basketry | Cloth | Feather
Description

Basketry mask with very long nose, from which appendage of scraps of red and black cloth and feathers has become detached. Flat, curved projection at bottom, with triangular hole at center (mouth?). Eyes small basketry ovals. Cassowary feathers along sides of face. Red (eyes), black, white pigments.

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984

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