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Object Number
07-42-70/72324
Display Title
Life mask intended to depict what was believed to be the last aboriginal Tasmanian man
Descriptions
Object Description
Life mask of the last man of aborigines, from Tasmania
Inventory Description
Cast life mask of human male face and neck, painted
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Life mask
Department
Osteological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Tasmania
Materials
Plaster, Paint
Dimensions
Overall: 21.2 x 32.8 x 10 cm (8 3/8 x 12 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
72324; 132
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
Donor
Donated by
Museum of Comparative Zoology
(1907)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Media Restricted
| 07-42-70/72321 | Life mask of Laramit |
Shaft, modified
Life mask |
New Ireland Province
| |
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Media Restricted
| 06-42-70/66920 | Life Mask of Ideragunta |
Life mask
Shaft, modified |
Little Makin Island? (Pitt Island?)
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 07-42-70/72315 | Life mask of Hadji Achmet |
Life mask
Shaft, modified |
Indonesia
Banjemaping | |
|
Media Restricted
| 07-42-70/72316 | Life mask of Mauk |
Life mask
Shaft, modified |
Timor
Atapupu | |
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Media Restricted
| 07-42-70/72320 | Life mask |
Shaft, modified
Life mask |
New Ireland Province
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 07-42-70/72319 | Life mask of Wiremu Nera te Kanae. |
Life mask
Shaft, modified |
New Zealand
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 06-42-70/66921 | Life Mask of Li Kiaska |
Life mask
Shaft, modified |
Caroline Islands
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 06-42-70/66912 | Life Mask of Weling |
Shaft, modified
Life mask |
Tumor
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 06-42-70/66918 | Life Mask of Kabua |
Shaft, modified
Life mask |
Jaluit Atoll
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 06-42-70/66914 | Life mask of Tscham |
Shaft, modified
Life mask |
Tonga
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 06-42-70/66915 | Life Mask of Charly Tett |
Shaft, modified
Life mask |
Hawaii
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 07-42-50/72323 | Life mask of Tante |
Life mask
Shaft, modified |
Guinea
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