Unknown
(Papua New Guinea)
- Title
- Mask
- Place of origin
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Okapa District →
Eastern Highlands Province →
Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Fore people
- Year
- collected 1964
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- carved tree fern, feathers, burr, plant fibres, seeds, pig tusk, 4 teeth, white and pink natural pigments, knotted plant fibre headdress: double stranded, top with 13 cowrie shells, bottom with 15 cowrie shells
- Dimensions
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73.0 x 17.6 x 14.5cm approx.:
0 - Whole; 47cm (18 1/2"); Bottom of head to top of burr hair, approx.
0 - Whole; 73cm (28 3/4"); Bottom of head to top of feather, approx.
0 - Whole; 19.6cm (7 11/16"); Width, approx.
0 - Whole; 14.5cm (5 11/16"); Depth, approx.
- Credit
- Purchased 1977
- Accession number
- 292.1977
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (1)
-
Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Domain, 1973. cat.no. H52
