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Object Number 2004.29.22922
Display Title Large ceremonial mask of carved and painted wood
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea - / German / Melanesia / Oceania / Large ceremonial mask, / oval & painted black, / red, yellow & white. / It has a high bulging / & pointed forehead, / long turned up aquiline / nose, ornamented / with a beard of the / peirced type."
Department Photographic
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Dimensions Overall: 15.875 × 6.35 cm (6 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.)

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