Small Mask
| Object Number: | 29-50-103 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | New Guinea German New Guinea Sepik River Kanduonum |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Plant Fiber |
| Width: | 32 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number: | 248 - Other Number |
Description
Man's. Cf. 29-50-101. This is larger, has nose realistically modelled, a kind of openwork half halo, oblique eyes. The pointed side flaps for string fastenings of the other masks are here replaced by a half-ring below mouth. It is bifacial. Called "Hinterkopfmaske".
Bibliography:
| [Book] Wardwell, Allen. 1971. The Art of the Sepik River.. The Art Institute of Chicago. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 61 (No. 114) | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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