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Mask

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Mask, a dance jewellery in the mouth

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Mask
Dimensions
Height: 10,9 cm
Depth: 6,9 cm
Width: 4,8 cm
Height: 43,5 cm
Depth: 43 cm
Width: 22 cm
Material/Technique
Wood (Alstonia) (?), Operculum (Turbo petholatus), Rattan (Rotang, Rotan), Coconut (fibre shell), Cloth (industrial textile), Plant fibre (banana), Industrial wool, Rush pulp
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 20477 a,b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1901
    where
    Melanesia
    New Ireland
  • Collecting
    who
    Richard Parkinson (1844 - 1909) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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