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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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.22924 | Large ceremonial mask with long beak from carved and painted wood |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.22923 | Flat mask of carved and painted wood |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.22916 | Carved and painted ceremonial mask |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.29.22919 | Mask with long beak |
Sepik
| ||
| 65-8-50/10713 | Ceremonial wood mask with raffia fringe |
Mask
|
Oimbelenge
| |
| 2004.29.21778 | Le Op Mask with a long face and beard |
Torres Strait Islands
| ||
| 2004.29.22302 | Carved wooden statuette |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.23172 | Ceremonial mask of bark, straw and many-colored basketry |
Vanuatu
| ||
| 2004.29.22918 | Carved and painted wooden statuette of a man wearing a mask |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.29.22925 | Carved and painted wooden statuette |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.12440 | Large helmet or headpiece with human face |
Congo
| ||
| 2004.29.3379 | Studio shot of three masks of sculptured wood painted polychrome wood |
Alaska
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