Small Mask

29-50-103

From: New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Kanduonum

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 29-50-103
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Kanduonum
Section Oceanian
Materials Plant Fiber
Description

Man's. Cf. 29-50-101. This is larger, has nose realistically modelled, a kind of openwork half halo, oblique eyes. The pointed side flaps for string fastenings of the other masks are here replaced by a half-ring below mouth. It is bifacial. Called "Hinterkopfmaske".

Width 32 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 248 - Other Number

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