mask, board-; of a clan ancestor; two faces - a large one above a small one; loops and dots around the eyes of the upper face; two large “s” forms on back
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Malu village, Upper 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
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
Whole— length 115 centimeters and Whole— width 34 centimeters
Comment:
Carved with an adze, charred, smoothed, and painted with mineral pigments.