Collection place: Eastern Papua New Guinea / Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund / Culture or time period: Melanesian - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 11-42261, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 11-40748, described as Mask, kavat-style; tapa with red and black painted designs over wood framework; headpiece has bill-like extension in front, tongue-like extension below bill, large upward extension with painted face having prominent eyes; said by dealer to be fire dance mask.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 11-40746, described as Mask; tapa with face painted on one half of mask in red, yellow, white and black ochers and other native pigments; mask slips over face; old tag says “funeral mask”

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 11-40745, described as Mask; tapa over splint framework; purple and red concentric circles for eyes, open beak-like mouth, curved extension at top; said by dealer to be fire dance mask

Hearst Museum object titled Shield, accession number 11-40749, described as shield; 3 vertical sections held together with rattan strips; incised concentric grooves in low relief, incised horizontal bands of triangles in low relief; red, brown and white pigments; for warfare

Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-40747, described as Barkcloth funerary face; sheet of barkcloth (tapa) with painted abstract face with lunate designs; blue, brown, yellow and black pigments; zigzags along three edges; length ca. 131 cm, width ca. 88 cm at base