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| Catalog Number | CAS 0423-0004 | |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Mount Hagen | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Shells; Raffia; Clay; Pigment | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 88.0, Width = 23.0, Length = 9.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0423-0005 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Mount Hagen | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Shells | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 54.2, Width = 19.3, Length = 9.2 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0423-0008 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | Sepik River region | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 34.7, Width = 13.1, Length = 8.3 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0423-0010 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Sepik River region | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Raffia; Pigment | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 34.5, Width = 20.0, Length = 7.9 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0423-0011 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Sepik River region | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Pigment | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 62.6, Width = 23.3, Length = 9.3 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1994-0009-0012 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
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| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Bamboo fiber | |
| Description | Carved wooden mask with bamboo fiber wrapped around top, charcoal in color. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 86.0, Width = 27.8, Depth = 10.3 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1994-0009-0013 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Cowrie (Cypraeidae) shells; Boar tusks; Bamboo; Fiber; Paint | |
| Description | Ancestor mask, painted red, white, and blue, with boar tusks in nostrils and small cowrie shells covering the majority of the piece; Bamboo hanger at top, elongated nose turns into bird at distal end; Fiber is attached around bottom of face. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 74.0, Width = 20.3, Depth = 12.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1994-0009-0014 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Clay; Cowrie (Cypraeidae) shells; Boar tusks; Bamboo fiber | |
| Description | Woven bamboo fiber outlines an oval wooden mask, clay with imbedded cowrie shells outline the mouth, cheeks, eyes, nostrils and a central patch on the forehead, the clay on the forehead and nostrils also have boar tusks imbedded in them; Pigments of cream and red over black are also found on the piece. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 33.9, Depth = 14.7, Length = 79.8 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2005-0006-0015 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Bismarck Archipelago: New Ireland | |
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| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Natural pigments; Sago (?) palm fiber; Commercial cloth; Nails; Cane | |
| Description | Large mask worn as part of the Malagan ceremony, a complex of mortuary rites intended to free a deceased person's soul from the body so it can continue to its final resting place; Stylized human face is hollowed out from back side and is carved on front with very large ears and nose, elongated openwork eye slits each fitted with a single shell eye, and an open mouth fitted with a small carved mouthpiece; Face is painted in yellow, white, black and rust brown pigments, and decorated with sago (?) palm fibers on cheeks and on top of head; Plant fiber bundle wrapped in commercial white cloth is wrapped around forehead and around back among crude cane strip framework; Extending out from each side of the nose to the ears is a carved element that probably represents boar tusks; Carved separately and inserted into the side of mask's ears are two flaring panels, each topped by a small carving of a bird; Each side panel is painted in same colors as mask on both front and back and each nearly doubles the overall height of the mask. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 57.0, Depth = ca. 22.0, Length = 77.8 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 2005-0006-0017 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| 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 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1998-0013-0035 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Shell: cowrie (Cypraeidae) and nassa; Clay (?); Plant fiber | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 73.5, Width = ca. 25.0, Depth = 7.6 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1998-0013-0037 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Shell: cowrie (Cypraeidae) and nassa; Plant fiber; Pigment | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = ca. 50.5, Width = ca. 21.5, Depth = 5.4 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1998-0013-0038 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Shell: cowrie (Cypraeidae) and nassa; Boar tusks; Pigments | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 96.0, Width = 22.7, Depth = 12.4 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 2005-0006-0043 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | Sepik River area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1960s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Shell | |
| Description | 2-dimensional mask carved with very prominent heart-shaped eye sockets that are inset with a large shell for each eye; Figure of a lizard is carved in high relief on the forehead, with its tail hanging down between the eyes and blending into the face's nose; Shallowly carved geometric designs frame the chin and cheeks; Mask is completely unpainted. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 21.5, Depth = 8.0, Length = 63.1 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1998-0013-0036 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian: Abelam | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | Maprik Village (Headwaters of Screw River area) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1965-1975 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Cowrie (Cypraeidae) shells; Paint | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 52.1, Width = 16.7, Thickness = 7.7 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2005-0006-0042 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian: Iatmul People | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | East Sepik Province | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Middle Sepik River area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1960s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Natural pigments; Dried mud and/or resin; Cowrie (Cypraeidae) and other shells; Boar tusks | |
| Description | 2-dimensional mask in the form of a long, very slender human face with a very pronounced nose and a distended projection that arches over the mouth area, revealing a probable tongue; Eyes are inset with cowrie shells; Face is painted mostly white with the eyes and ridge line of nose outlined in rust brown and black; Boar tusk extends out and curves upward from each side of nose; Tongue is painted rust brown, as is a small bird effigy mounted to arching projection; Remaining surfaces are covered with thick layer of mud and resin which is encrusted with hundreds of small gray or white shells; Masks of this type generally represent male ancestors and are attached to larger dance costumes; Pair of small holes on back of figure's ears may have facilitated this; Cane lashing threaded through perforation at top of carving allows for carrying or hanging carving. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 10.2, Depth = 14.9, Length = 61.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0423-0016 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Melanesian: possibly Iatmul, Tambanum, or Mandanan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | East Sepik Province | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Middle Sepik River region | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Pigment | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 28.0, Width = 18.1, Length = 18.2 | |
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CAS 2003-0008-0009 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | Northwest Coast Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada or USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1970-1990 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Paint | |
| Description | Life-sized mask showing a stylized human face with large black and red eyes set within blue sockets and framed above by heavy black eyebrows, a wide nose with red flaring nostrils, and an open mouth with bared teeth; Single drilled hole at each side of mask allows for attaching string so mask can be worn; NOTE: This mask is almost certainly a made-for-sale souvenir carving. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 19.5, Depth = 12.7, Length = 24.4 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0060-0013 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | unknown | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
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| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Fur; Metal; String | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 17.8, Thickness = 10.5, Length = 20.3 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0060-0014 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mask | |
| Culture | unknown | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | unknown | |
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| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Plant fiber | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 16.5, Thickness = 9.0, Length = 30.5 |
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