Dance Costume Mask
29-50-654B
From: New Guinea | Timbunke
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-654B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Timbunke |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Plant Fiber | Clay | Pigment |
| Description | Long wickerwork cylinder with holes masked by bunches of grass, at the sides for the arms. The bottom is fringed with palm leaves. The top is surmounted by a basketwork head-piece with a human mask having a long hooked nose. Below this, to the breast of the costume, is applied another similar mask. |
| Height | 33 cm |
| Width | 34.5 cm |
| Depth | 45.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 597 - Other Number | CG030190-8080 - Found in Collection Number |
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