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Object Number 2004.24.28061A
Display Title Mask head
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1978
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Malangan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / New Ireland Province
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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