Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2000-0008-0010 | |
| Category | Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian: ni-Vanuatu | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Vanuatu (New Hebrides) | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Malekula | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | South West Bay | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 2000 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Spider web-like fiber; Clay; Pigments; Pig tusks; Native cordage | |
| Description | Ceremonial dance mask in the form of a human face and fashioned from a mass of spider-web-like matter and covered with clay and painted red with black and white accents; Large pig tusk extends out from either end of mouth; Length of plied native cordage is attached to sides for attaching mask to dancer. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 28.2, Width = 19.7, Length = 11.8 | |