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Painted in white lime and yellow ochre

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Cataloguing data

Object type
Kultmaske
Dimensions
H 22 cm; medium W 10 cm
Material/Technique
wood (plant material)
carved
Object genre
ritual object
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2100
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 92685
2100

Provenance and sources

when
before 1912
where
Sepik-Region

where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners

when
1912/13
where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Berliner Sepik-Expedition 1912/13 - Owners

when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
Came to Mainz "together with 636 other objects in exchange for 732 objects from Pakistan and Afghanistan" (Brandstetter, Hierholzer 2018).

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CC0 1.0 DEED

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