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Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-37812, described as board, ancestral; carved wood; facial features (eyes, nose, mouth) are enclosed in heart shaped area; lunate designs above eyes; other, curvilinear, patterns in low relief on various parts of the board; painted white in places over charred base. Has a broken piece, AT 5/3/12.

Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-37776, described as Mask, small board type, of carved wood; cowrie shell eyes applied, nose and brow in low relief; projection of chin attached lower on figure, leaving open space; painted black, white, pink

Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-42263, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-37774, described as Mask, board type, of carved wood; face has long nose in low relief, eye sockets left without shell inlays, three curvilinear scrolls above brow; pig’s head emerges at base; painted designs in black, white, pink

Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-42271, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-42278, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-37787, described as mask, board type; carved wood, with all features in low relief; facial features located in central third of mask, with remaining surface left open; unpainted

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-37772, described as Mask, board type, of carved wood; convex surface has facial features, including nose in high relief; rectangular mouth area with serrated teeth (gaps filled in with pigment); shell eyes; painted curvilinear designs

Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-42275, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-42484, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-37812, described as board, ancestral; carved wood; facial features (eyes, nose, mouth) are enclosed in heart shaped area; lunate designs above eyes; other, curvilinear, patterns in low relief on various parts of the board; painted white in places over charred base. Has a broken piece, AT 5/3/12.

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Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-37776, described as Mask, small board type, of carved wood; cowrie shell eyes applied, nose and brow in low relief; projection of chin attached lower on figure, leaving open space; painted black, white, pink

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Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-42263, no description available.

Board mask

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Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-37774, described as Mask, board type, of carved wood; face has long nose in low relief, eye sockets left without shell inlays, three curvilinear scrolls above brow; pig’s head emerges at base; painted designs in black, white, pink

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Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-42271, no description available.

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Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-42278, no description available.

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Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-37787, described as mask, board type; carved wood, with all features in low relief; facial features located in central third of mask, with remaining surface left open; unpainted

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Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-42275, no description available.

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Hearst Museum object titled Board mask, accession number 11-42484, no description available.

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