Mask

Museum number:
11-42928
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110042928
Accession number:
Acc.3784
Description:
yam mask; coiled basketry materials; painted red, white and black; length 37 cm.
Donor:
Frances McReynolds Smith
Collection place:
New Guinea, Melanesia
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Coiled weaving, and Masks (costume)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown) and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 11-42928, described as yam mask; coiled basketry materials; painted red, white and black; length 37 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 11-42928, described as yam mask; coiled basketry materials; painted red, white and black; length 37 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 11-42928, described as yam mask; coiled basketry materials; painted red, white and black; length 37 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 11-42928, described as yam mask; coiled basketry materials; painted red, white and black; length 37 cm.

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