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Title

Mask

collected 1964

Artists

Unknown Artist

No image

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Okapa District → Eastern Highlands Province → Papua New Guinea
    Cultural origin
    Fore people
    Date
    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
    73.0 x 17.6 x 14.5 cm approx. :

    0 - Whole, 47 cm (18 1/2"), Bottom of head to top of burr hair, approx.

    0 - Whole, 73 cm (28 3/4"), Bottom of head to top of feather, approx.

    0 - Whole, 19.6 cm (7 11/16"), Width, approx.

    0 - Whole, 14.5 cm (5 11/16"), Depth, approx.

    Credit
    Purchased 1977
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    292.1977
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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Okapa District

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 1 publication