mask, board; carved wood; basic concave shape of wood with nose, brow, and mouth in raised relief; nose perforated; cowrie shell eyes applied to surface; dentate pattern carved above brow; curvilinear painted designs on face; two small holes on either side for lashing to house post or wall
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Yanget Village, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
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