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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