Mask

P3032

From: New Caledonia

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P3032
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kanak
Provenience New Caledonia
Date Made Before 1911
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Hair | Plant Fiber | Feather | Pigment
Technique Carved | Painted
Description

Wood mask with a large topknot and long beard of human hair, with the upper portion of a cape of plant fiber netting covered with shiny black feathers. Hook-nosed face is colored black, with red nostrils. The wearer looked out between the rows of (uncolored) teeth.

Credit Line Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912
Other Number 24501 - Dealer's Number

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