Dance Costume
29-50-651B
From: New Guinea | Kararau
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 29-50-651B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | New Guinea | Kararau |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Bark | Plant Fiber | Feather | Pigment |
Description | Cf. 29-50-649. Larger. The mask has an open mouth with representation of teeth and is fringed all round with hair. Shell inlay eyeballs. Above the mask a feathered ring surrounds the cone. The bottom fringe is of dyed grass, bunches of which also conceal two large arm holes on opposite sides of the cone. |
Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
Other Number | 584 - Other Number |
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