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Mask made of skull and clay
Object Number 2004.29.22700
Display Title Mask made of skull and clay
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Mecklenbourg / or / New Ireland / New / Guinea / Melanesia / Oceania / Mask made of back of / skull, on which face / is modeled of clay, painted / red. black, and white-"
Department Photographic
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / New Mecklenburg
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / New Ireland Province
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 × 8.89 cm (5 × 3 1/2 in.)

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