Bark cloth mask; cane foundation; human face; white lime facing; height 27¾ inches; diameter 8½ inches.
Donor:
University of Cambridge
Collection place:
Gulf of Papua, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Papuan
Materials:
Bark cloth
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1967-1968 #31: University of California, Irvine (September 26, 1967–December 28, 1967), S1967-1968 #76: University of California, Davis (1968–unknown), S1969-1970 #124: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Lucretia Nelson (May 18, 1970–July 2, 1970), S1977-1978 #50: Howe Homestead (City of Walnut Creek) (April 11, 1978–June 7, 1978), and S1980-1981 #34: Triton Museum of Art (November 17, 1980–January 7, 1981)