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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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