Mask
84-2-51
From: New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 84-2-51 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber | Pigment |
| Description | Narrow oval mask. Narrow slots for eyes and mouth cut through. Small hole at top with fiber loop. Border of knob-like projections around forehead and down to tip of nose and around cheeks and chin. Incised curvilinear decoration: concentric arcs around eyes, two circles between nose and mouth, interlocking scrolls along sides. Black, red and white pigment. |
| Height | 58.5 cm |
| Width | 17.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984 |
| Other Number | 484 - Other Number |
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