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mask

The mask has an elongated, conical shape. It shows a white-colored face with two black eyes, an elongated black nose and a slightly open mouth with painted white teeth. Two elongated rectangular elements, decorated with a white stripe pattern, extend from the face. Above the face, there is a black wavy stripe and a white pattern painted on. At the top of the mask is a kind of hat with plant fibers protruding from the tip like hair.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
masks (costume)
Dimensions
General: 80 × 57 × 20 cm
Material/Technique
Tree bast; plant fibre; colour pigment painted; wrapped
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D06319
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D06319

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1900-1913
    where
    Green Islands
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Nauer, Karl - Collectors
  • Publishing
    Description
    Oceania Collection Voyages - Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/people/Oceania-Collection-Voyages/100083002609221/ (last accessed on: 31/08/2023)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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