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Mask

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Elema
Object type
Mask
Dimensions
Weight: 4,1 kg
Height: 194 cm
Width: 68 cm
Depth: 55 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibres , Grass, Bark bast , Pigment
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 13106

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1896
    where
    Melanesia
    New Guinea
    Southeast New Guinea
    Papua New Guinea
    who
    Elema
  • Collecting
    who
    William Downing Webster (1868-05-11 - 1913-01-14) - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from William Downing Webster 1896
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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