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Carved polychrome painted (white, black, orange, red) mask with cowrie shell "ey
Carved polychrome painted (white, black, orange, red) mask with cowrie shell "ey
Object Number 969-29-70/4707
Display Title Carved polychrome painted (white, black, orange, red) mask with cowrie shell "ey
Descriptions
Object Description Carved polychrome painted (white, black, orange, red) mask with cowrie shell "eyes" - elongate oval in shape.
Inventory Description Mask, oval, polychrome painted and carved curvilinear facial features, cowries
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik River
Materials Wood, Cowrie, Pigment, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 9.5 x 5.1 cm (11 13/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 969-29-70/4707
Provenance
Collector Donald Mitchell (1969)

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