Wewak District, East Sepik Province, Momase Region
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Mr. L. R. Webb and Roy James Hedlund
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:
1963
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1966-1967 #60: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (January 20, 1967–February 3, 1967), S1967-1968 #120: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Lucretia Nelson (April 12, 1968–May 17, 1968), and S1969-1970 #114: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Lucretia Nelson (April 14, 1970–July 2, 1970)