Mask

Museum number:
11-42258
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3092
Description:
helmet type; basketry; circular cane frame with lashed buttress sticks around frame over which a plaited basketry zoomorphic being is attached; painted curvilinear designs on face outlined in rattan; long, extended open mouth and eye area; feathers attached to vertical central spine.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Gulf Province, Papua Region, Papua New Guinea
Collector:
H. M. Lissauer
Materials:
Feather (material) and Pigment
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume) and Plaited weaving
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
worn by young boys being initiated.
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 69 centimeters and width 38.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1977-1978 #50: Howe Homestead (City of Walnut Creek) (April 11, 1978–June 7, 1978), S1980-1981 #34: Triton Museum of Art (November 17, 1980–January 7, 1981), S2009-2010 #11c: SFO Museum (dates unknown), and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 11-42258, described as helmet type; basketry; circular cane frame with lashed buttress sticks around frame over which a plaited basketry zoomorphic being is attached; painted curvilinear designs on face outlined in rattan; long, extended open mouth and eye area; feathers attached to vertical central spine.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 11-42258, described as helmet type; basketry; circular cane frame with lashed buttress sticks around frame over which a plaited basketry zoomorphic being is attached; painted curvilinear designs on face outlined in rattan; long, extended open mouth and eye area; feathers attached to vertical central spine.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 11-42258, described as helmet type; basketry; circular cane frame with lashed buttress sticks around frame over which a plaited basketry zoomorphic being is attached; painted curvilinear designs on face outlined in rattan; long, extended open mouth and eye area; feathers attached to vertical central spine.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 11-42258, described as helmet type; basketry; circular cane frame with lashed buttress sticks around frame over which a plaited basketry zoomorphic being is attached; painted curvilinear designs on face outlined in rattan; long, extended open mouth and eye area; feathers attached to vertical central spine.

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