Ox Skull Mask

P2321

From: New Zealand

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P2321
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Maori
Provenience New Zealand
Period Te Huringa I Period
Date Made 1800 - 1900 CE
Section Oceanian
Materials Bone | Horn (animal part) | Pigment
Description

An ox skull with koru (spirals) tattooed on the front of the skull. The horns can be detached.

The dealer, William O. Oldman, states that the skull was labelled a 'trespass mask'.

Length 60 cm
Width 54 cm
Credit Line Purchased from W. O. Oldman; Subscription of Herbert L. Clark in memory of Edward W. Clark, 1911
Other Number 22185 - Dealer's Number

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