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Wooden mask with red ochre paint
Wooden mask with red ochre paint
Object Number 36-105-70/538
Display Title Wooden mask with red ochre paint
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, human face, polychrome paint, perforated nose, edge
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nor-Papua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Mandated Territory; Murik; Kaup, next settlement east of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 41 x 15.5 x 9.1 cm (16 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-105-70/538

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