Mask
- Museum number:
- 11-42717
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110042717
- Alternate number:
- 69 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.3562
- Description:
- Mask, pith wood, black face with remnants of white paint around eyes, red paint around eyes and mouth. 21.0 cm. Used in ceremonial dance.
- Donor:
- Caroline Mytinger
- Collection place:
- Rabaul, East New Britain Province, New Britain Island
- 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 21 centimeters
- Images:
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