Mask

84-2-44

From: New Guinea | Middle Sepik River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-44
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Middle Sepik River
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Plant Fiber | Pigment
Description

Long oval mask with long hooked-under nose. Cowrie shel eyes. Incised, curvilinear decoration (mainly ovals and repeated arcs). Black, red, white, yellow. Hole at top with fiber loop.

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984

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