Dance Costume Mask
29-50-649B
From: New Guinea | Yambanum
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-649B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Yambanum |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber | Pigment |
| Description | Cone-shaped contrivance of painted palm spathe fringed with palm leaves. A painted wooden mask (human) is attached. At the top is a wig formed of human hair. |
| Height | 25.2 cm |
| Width | 15.7 cm |
| Depth | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 587 - Other Number | 72-35-3 - Old Museum Number |
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