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Small wooden mask with grass headdress
Small wooden mask with grass headdress
Object Number 47-73-70/2848
Display Title Small wooden mask with grass headdress
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mask, oval, perforated eyes and mouth, hooked nose, grass headdress, red
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Lower Sepik
Materials Wood, Grass, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 16.5 x 6.3 x 3.7 cm (6 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-73-70/2848/ Small mask/ Lower Sepik/ W.R.M.

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