Dance Ornament
40-33-26
From: German New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 40-33-26 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | German New Guinea |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Tusk | Plant Fiber |
Description | "Chief's dancing mask. held in the mouth while dancing." Oval ring, covered with netting, open at one end which terminates in two boar's tusks; boar's tusks attached to the entire outer edge except at the closed end. |
Length | 25 cm |
Width | 23 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of William Hinckle Smith, 1940 |
Other Number | 499 - Other Number |
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