Mask

Museum number:
11-42718
Permalink:
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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:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 11-42718, described as 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 11-42718, described as 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.

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