Mask

Museum number:
11-37861
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
dance mask, of helmet type; basketry, woven from strips of Lygodium fiber; general shape is of stylized bird’s head, with ears. topknot. and septum of same material woven into body of piece; eyes openwork; encrusted with mud, under traces of earth pigments; 32 cm height; 40 cm width
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
East Sepik Province, Momase Region, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Abelam
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 11-37861, described as dance mask, of helmet type; basketry, woven from strips of Lygodium fiber; general shape is of stylized bird’s head, with ears. topknot. and septum of same material woven into body of piece; eyes openwork; encrusted with mud, under traces of earth pigments; 32 cm height; 40 cm widthHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 11-37861, described as dance mask, of helmet type; basketry, woven from strips of Lygodium fiber; general shape is of stylized bird’s head, with ears. topknot. and septum of same material woven into body of piece; eyes openwork; encrusted with mud, under traces of earth pigments; 32 cm height; 40 cm width

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