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mask

The mask is carved of wood and features a human-like face. The mask does not have incised patterns but appears smooth with white, red and black colour. The eyeholes are small and narrow. The nose takes up most of the mask, and no mouth is visible.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
masks (costume)
Dimensions
General: 11 × 11.8 × 33.5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood carved; painted
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D10949
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D10949

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913
    where
    Papua New Guinea
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Ludwig Cohn - Former Possessors
  • 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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