Carved mask

Museum number:

11-37765

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Accession number:

Acc.1915

Description:

head, carved wood; shape like over-modelled skulls of this area, but entirely of wood; cowrie shell inlaid eyes; surface darkened by charring

Donor:

Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux

Collection place:

Middle Sepik river, East Sepik Province, Momase Region

Culture or time period:

New Guinea, Papua Island

Collector:

Bruce D. Lawes

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Masks (costume)

Function:

5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions

Accession date:

1964

Department:

Oceania