Mask
68-8-5
From: New Guinea | Sepik River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 68-8-5 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Sepik River |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Shell | Clay | Feather | Pigment | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Decorations of Cowry shells around edge. Vegetable fiber border 3 to 5 cm. A beard of 10 cm in length. Bear Tusks. Wooden nose 5 cm. high, 35 cm long. Four projecting wooden points above mouth. Boar tusk ring above on the forehead. Cassuary feathers 32 cm long on top of mask. |
| Height | 88 cm |
| Width | 26 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Charles B. Darrow, 1968 |
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