| Catalog Number |
CAS 2005-0006-0017 |
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| Category |
Carvings; Ceremonial Items |
| Object Name |
Mask |
| Culture |
Melanesian |
| Global Region |
Oceania |
| Country |
Papua New Guinea |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
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| County |
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| Other Geographic
Data |
Sepik River area |
| Maker's Name |
Unknown |
| Date of Manufacture |
ca. mid 1900s |
| Collection Name |
N/A |
| Materials |
Wood; Natural pigments; Cowrie (Cypraeidae) shells |
| Description |
Very slender mask or carving of upper torso only, but probably intended to be viewed from one side only; Stylized face has very prominent eyes and a beak-like nose; Torso (?) is shallowly carved all over with straight and curvilinear lines which are then painted with gray-white and reddish brown pigments; Most of the face is painted with gray-white pigments, except for eyes which are outlined win reddish brown and inset with one cowrie shell each; Forehead is painted reddish brown and outlined in gray-white and reddish brown. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Height = 50.5, Width = 5.6, Depth = 18.1 |