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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 11-40748, 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 11-40745, 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 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

Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-39713, described as Bark cloth (male loin cloth or koefi) from the Maisin culture in Collingwood Bay, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Six panels, painted rust and blue-black; geometric designs in rectangles repeated six times; length: 3.6 m; width: 62 cm. Has no religious significance but traditionally served as clothing and as gifts in exchange. Now also a source of income for Maisin people. For more information, see: Barker, John (2017) Ancestral Lines: The Maisin of Papua New Guinea and the Fate of the Rain Forest. University of Toronto Press.

Hearst Museum object titled Tapa cloth, accession number 11-41925, described as Bark cloth; rectangular; geometric design in brown and black lines and dots.