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Object Number 95-44-70/47843
Display Title Mask made of front part of human skull
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mask, human skull base moulded and pigmented clay features, human hair
Classification
  • Shaft, modified
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / New Britain
Dimensions Overall: 29.5 x 15.5 x 8.5 cm (11 5/8 x 6 1/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47843; 109/45; 8.PEABODY *HA

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