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Mask with long beak
Object Number 2004.29.22919
Display Title Mask with long beak
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea - / German / Region of Sepik River / Melanesia / Oceania / Mask of sculptured wood / painted black, red, & white / It has a high, pointed / forehead, large superciliary / arches & very long pointed / nose, above a palette / conventionalizing a long / beard."
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Sepik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Sepik
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 5.715 cm (6 × 2 1/4 in.)

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