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Cataloguing data

Object type
Mask
Dimensions
Depth: 92 cm
Weight: 4,16 kg
Height: 81 cm
Width: 53,5 cm
Depth: 35 cm
Material/Technique
Rattan (Rotang, Rotan), Wood (Alstonia), Iron, Plant material , Pigment, Operculum (Turbo petholatus), Glass beads, Bark pulp , Fern
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 23111 b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1904
    where
    Melanesia
    Bismarck Archipelago
    Northern New Ireland
    North-east coast, opposite Fischer and Gardner Island (=Tabar Islands)
    Papua New Guinea
  • Collecting
    who
    Franz Boluminski (1863-11-12 - 1913-04-28) - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation from Franz Boluminski 1904
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
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