Mask; wooden; carved; painted; fiber tufts in ears; eyes formerly set with pearl shells, now lost
Donor:
Mrs. Marion Joubert
Collection place:
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Mundugumor people
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Oceania
Comment:
decorative feathers need protection badly
Loans:
S1968-1969 #6: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 26, 1968–September 17, 1968), 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)