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Object Number
969-29-70/4712
Display Title
Maprik Yam Mask - Woven basketry mask used as a decorative covering for face
Descriptions
Object Description
Maprik Yam Mask - Woven basketry mask used as a decorative covering for "face" of yam - whcih can grow up to 8' long and 8" wide
Inventory Description
Mask, woven basketry helmet, oval, pigment covering, ridged nose, ears
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Maprik Area
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 54 x 25 x 22 cm (21 1/4 x 9 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
969-29-70/4712
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