Dance Costume Mask
29-50-651A
From: New Guinea | Kararau
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-651A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Kararau |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Shell | Pigment |
| Description | Cf. 29-50-649. This is larger. The mask (large) has the mouth open with representation of teeth and is fringed all round with hair. It has shell inlay eyeballs. Above the mask a feathered ring surrounds the cone. The bottom fringe is of dyed grass, bunches of which also conceal two large holes on opposite sides of the cone. |
| Height | 90 cm |
| Depth | 54 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 584 - Collector Number |
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