Wood mask with cowrie shell eyes

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Object Number 976-31-70/5453

Display Title Wood mask with cowrie shell eyes

Descriptions

Object Description Wood mask with cowrie shell eyes, length 30 in.

Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, oval anthropomorphic face, cowrie eyes

Classification

Mask

Department Ethnographic

Date 20th century

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Papua New Guinea

Materials Wood, Shell, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 77.4 x 20.7 x 12.4 cm (30 1/2 x 8 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 976-31-70/5453 / 100 / -71-

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