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probably kepong

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Mask
Dimensions
Weight: 1,4 kg
Height: 55 cm
Width: 45,5 cm
Depth: 47 cm
Material/Technique
Wood (Alstonia), Rattan (Rotang, Rotan), Bark pulp , Seed capsules , Operculum (Turbo petholatus), Pigment, Plant fibre , Plant material
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 2825

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1880
    where
    Melanesia
    Bismarck Archipelago
    Northern New Ireland
    North-east coast, between Nusa Island and Lemakot
    Papua New Guinea
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation from Franz Hernsheim 1881
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
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