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Helmet mask, basketry and pigment
Helmet mask, basketry and pigment
Object Number 969-4-70/4683
Display Title Helmet mask, basketry and pigment
Descriptions
Object Description Helmet mask, basketry and pigment
Inventory Description Mask, woven fiber, hooked nose, feather trim, caked with black and white pigment
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik River
Materials Fiber, Feather, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 71 x 33 x 33 cm (27 15/16 x 13 x 13 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 969-4-70/4683

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