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Fes Tumbun - painted wooden face decorated with paint, feathers representing ha
Fes Tumbun - painted wooden face decorated with paint, feathers representing ha
Object Number 969-29-70/4715
Display Title Fes Tumbun - painted wooden face decorated with paint, feathers representing ha
Descriptions
Object Description Fes Tumbun - painted wooden face decorated with paint, feathers representing hair and beard & inlaid with cowrie shells, from a large ceremonial dancing mask that covers completely the upper section of the wearer's body.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, anthropomorphic face, shell and tooth inlay, feather fringe
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Yenshun; Sepik
Materials Wood, Shell, Feather, Animal tooth, Organic, Pigment, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 70 x 24 x 6.5 cm (27 9/16 x 9 7/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 7
Label on object 969-29-70/4715

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