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Object Number
2004.29.22916
Display Title
Carved and painted ceremonial mask
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "New Guinea - German / Region of Sepik River / Melanesia / Oceania / Ceremonial mask- / oval & flat of sculptured / wood painted red & / white. It has two / peirced noese, the / 2d reaching to the / chin ornamented / with two shells / for eyes and decorated / with lozruga-shaped / movite and parallel / & concentric lines"
Department
Photographic
Culture
- Sepik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
/
Sepik
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5575 × 5.08 cm (6 1/8 × 2 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.22922 | Large ceremonial mask of carved and painted wood |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.22924 | Large ceremonial mask with long beak from carved and painted wood |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.22918 | Carved and painted wooden statuette of a man wearing a mask |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.29.22923 | Flat mask of carved and painted wood |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.22919 | Mask with long beak |
Sepik
| ||
|
Media Restricted
| 2004.29.22917 | Painted human skull |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.29.22920 | Carved and painted wooden statuette of a woman |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.29.21778 | Le Op Mask with a long face and beard |
Torres Strait Islands
| ||
| 2004.29.22913 | Carved and painted anthropomorphic wooden statuette |
Sepik
| ||
|
Media Restricted
| 2004.29.22921 | Painted skull |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.29.22925 | Carved and painted wooden statuette |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.22310 | Carved wooden mask |
New Guinea
|