Donor: Caroline Mytinger / Function: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Donor Caroline Mytinger Function 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, bent wood frame, bird feathers, accession number 11-42782, described as Headband, bent wood frame, black cassowary feathers, fiber wrapping, 3 layers. Inside circumference - 37.0 cm; feather length - 13.0 cm. Used in ceremonial dance.

Hearst Museum object titled Loin covering, belt, accession number 11-42702, described as Bailer shell, undecorated, hole drilled on either side of wide end. length - 28.5 cm., width - 17.5 cm., tapering to 5 cm. at bottom end. Worn on ceremonial occasions by men and women; worn over chest and stomach.

Hearst Museum object titled Loin covering, belt, accession number 11-42701, described as Loin shell; bailer shell; decorative strip of seed and shell embedded in pitch along top edge; woven fiber belt. length - 13 cm., width - 10 cm. Bailer shell, seeds, shell, rattan. Worn around waist.

Hearst Museum object titled Loin covering, belt, accession number 11-42703, described as Bailer shell, striated tan and yellow, holes drilled on either side of top; undecorated. Broken and repaired at upper left corner. length - 26 cm., width at top - 15.4 cm., tapering to 4.0 cm. at bottom. Worn by men and women on chest or stomach during ceremonial occasions.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 18-1194, described as Mask, wood, carved and painted; jutting lower jaw and fang-like teeth; tan, gold, black and red. Used in dance. 18.0 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 11-42718, described as Mask, carved wood, white painted face with red and black; mouth broken and repaired; attached fiber head band. 25.0 cm. Used in ceremonial dance.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 11-42717, described as Mask, pith wood, black face with remnants of white paint around eyes, red paint around eyes and mouth. 21.0 cm. Used in ceremonial dance.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 18-1193, described as Mask, wood, carved and painted; large hook nose and pointed teeth; green, gold, black and red. Used in dance. 18.5 cm.