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Object Number 2004.29.23172
Display Title Ceremonial mask of bark, straw and many-colored basketry
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Hebrides / Melanesia / Ceremonial mask of / bark, straw, and many- / colored basketry - white / black & green. Human / face with pointed fore- / head & aquiline nose."
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Vanuatu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu
Dimensions Overall: 13.97 × 6.985 cm (5 1/2 × 2 3/4 in.)

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