Small Mask
29-50-103
From: New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Kanduonum
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
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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