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Grassman
Mask, fighting stick and rattle to be worn together
Dates
mid 20th century
collected 1966
Materials used
cassowary feathers (Casuarius), rattan frame, 2 pig tusks, wood, pangi seeds (Pangium edule), rattan, plant fibres, nassa shells (Nassarius), marsupial fur, wood, red and black pigments, green, blue and red parrot feathers
Dimensions
183.0 x 79.0 x 75.0 cm figure; stick 67.2 cm length; rattle 151.5 cm length :
a - cassowary feather mask; 183 x 79 x 75 cm; length
b - rattle; 151.5 cm; length
c - club; 67.2 cm
Credit
Gift of Stan Moriarty 1974
Location
Not on display
Accession number
31.1974.a-c
Copyright
© Tairora people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Loan exhibition of Native art from the private collection previously not displayed of Mr S G Moriarty, Gallery Stephen Kellner, Australia, 15 Sep 1966–06 Oct 1966
Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Oct 1974 -
Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 May 2014–10 Aug 2014