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Object Number
14-23-70/85664
Display Title
Spiderweb mask
Descriptions
Object Description
Masks (2). Spiderweb masks; southern coastal Malakula. The "cloth" under the mask is made of collected spiderwebs. Spiderwebs are tough and waterproof - spiders are the guards of the road to the world of the dead.
See authorities for more information.
Inventory Description
Mask, moulded, pigmented clay, anthropomorphic face, boar tusks, beard
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Vanuatu
/
<State>
/
Malakula Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Vanuatu, southern coastal Republic of; Malakula
Materials
Clay, Pigment, Cloth, Boar tusk
Dimensions
Overall: 27.7 x 22.5 x 8.5 cm (10 7/8 x 8 7/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
85664
Provenance
Donor
Mrs. G. P. Bradley
(1914)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14-23-70/85664.1 | Spiderweb mask |
Mask
|
Malakula Island
| |
| 64-18-70/4290 | Spiderweb neck strand |
Ornament
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 986-28-10/59622 | Necklace, silver and spiderweb turquoise, 7 graduated stones set on naja, 12 blo |
Necklace
|
United States
| |
| 2012.8.2 | Body mask of bast fiber and sago leaf; boar tusks at nostrils; colored with red ochre and lime |
Mask
|
Irian Jaya
| |
| 99-12-70/53575 | Bracelet |
Bracelet
|
Hawaii
| |
| 47-73-70/2815 | Large painted wooden stool with carved head having boar tusks through + |
Stool
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 32-66-70/D3924 | Boar tusk armlet |
Bracelet
|
Mindanao
| |
| 27-5-70/D2923 | Boar tusks |
Bone
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-10-70/415 | Bracelet |
Ornament
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-10-70/416 | Bracelet |
Bracelet
|
Hawaii
| |
| 99-12-70/53574 | Bracelet |
Ornament
|
Hawaii
| |
| 976-31-70/5483 | Gourd with combined coiled reed and pig's tusk stopper, light brown + |
Jar
|
Papua New Guinea
|