Mask attachment

Museum number:
11-42719
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110042719
Accession number:
Acc.3562
Description:
Mask attachment, bamboo and twine framework. 16.5 cm. Attaches to top of mask to form head shape. Usually decorated further with feathers, fiber.
Donor:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Islands Region
Culture or time period:
Melanesian
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
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 16.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask attachment, accession number 11-42719, described as Mask attachment, bamboo and twine framework. 16.5 cm. Attaches to top of mask to form head shape. Usually decorated further with feathers, fiber.

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