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Object Number
969-29-70/4713
Display Title
Maprik Tumbun - woven basketry ceremonial dancing mask
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Woven basketry helmet or mask, caked with pigment, ridged nose, crest
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Midel Sepik River; Maprik Area
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 46 x 37 x 44 cm (18 1/8 x 14 9/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
969-29-70/4713
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