Mask
- Museum number:
- 11-42718
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110042718
- Alternate number:
- 61 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.3562
- Description:
- Mask, carved wood, white painted face with red and black; mouth broken and repaired; attached fiber head band. 25.0 cm. Used in ceremonial dance.
- Donor:
- Caroline Mytinger
- Collection place:
- New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Islands Region
- Culture or time period:
- Melanesian
- Collector:
- Caroline Mytinger
- Materials:
- Wood (plant material)
- 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
- Dimensions:
- length 25 centimeters
- Images:
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