Object class: Basketry (object genre) / Collection place: Melanesia / Function: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 11-42635, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Head ornament, accession number 11-37852, described as head ornament; rattan basketry frame is attached to interior, triangular base by filigree zig-zag rattan coiled runners; base is section of bark fiber; painted black with earth pigment; 22.3 cm diameter

Hearst Museum object titled Head ornament, accession number 11-37851, described as head ornament; coiled basketry, woven flat with protruding nose in center; outer frame of rattan connected to body of piece by zig-zag filigree work; facial features worked into specimen, emphasized by red, yellow, white paint; 44 cm. length, 32 cm width

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 11-39723, described as “yam mask;” openwork crest on head, no pigmentation; coiled fiber; wall hanging made for sale; overside, lacks paint of traditional examples

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 11-37859, described as dance mask, of helmet type; woven in general shape of bird’s head from Lygodium fiber, with coiled technique; eyes openwork, with raised septum; raised section at back; woven crownlike device above eyes; wood crescents attached to simulate shell ornaments; painted red,yellow, black; 29 cm height; 28 cm width

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 11-42258, described as helmet type; basketry; circular cane frame with lashed buttress sticks around frame over which a plaited basketry zoomorphic being is attached; painted curvilinear designs on face outlined in rattan; long, extended open mouth and eye area; feathers attached to vertical central spine.

Hearst Museum object titled Model pig, accession number 11-39278, described as Pig, large basketry model, plaited technique with open warp spacing. Painted black with white, golden and rust stripes. Eyes of cowrie shell on coiled base. Main body is decorated with cassowary tail plumes, with three feather wands on either side of the snout.