Mask attachment

Museum number:
11-42720
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3562
Description:
Mask attachment, wood and rattan framework. 16.0 cm. Attaches to top of mask to form head shape. Usually decorated further with feathers and fiber.
Donor:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Islands Region
Culture or time period:
Melanesian
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
July 22, 1980
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask attachment, accession number 11-42720, described as Mask attachment, wood and rattan framework. 16.0 cm. Attaches to top of mask to form head shape. Usually decorated further with feathers and fiber.

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