Title
Mask
collected 1964
Artists
Unknown Artist
No image
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Okapa District
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Eastern Highlands Province
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Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Fore people
- Date
- collected 1964
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- carved tree fern, feathers, burr, plant fibres, seeds, pig tusk, 4 teeth, white and pink natural pigments, knotted plant fibre headdress: double stranded, top with 13 cowrie shells, bottom with 15 cowrie shells
- Dimensions
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73.0 x 17.6 x 14.5 cm approx.
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0 - Whole, 47 cm (18 1/2"), Bottom of head to top of burr hair, approx.
0 - Whole, 73 cm (28 3/4"), Bottom of head to top of feather, approx.
0 - Whole, 19.6 cm (7 11/16"), Width, approx.
0 - Whole, 14.5 cm (5 11/16"), Depth, approx.
- Credit
- Purchased 1977
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 292.1977
- Share
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Places
Where the work was made
Okapa District
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Tony Tuckson, Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Sydney, 1973. cat.no. H52
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