Large ceremonial mask made of tapa (bark cloth) stretched over cane frame
- Made:
- 1871-1920 in Papua New Guinea
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Large ceremonial mask made of tapa (bark cloth) stretched over cane frame and painted black and red on white ground, half human, half-shark, used in initiation ceremonies, by Elame tribes of Papua Gulf, Papua New Guinea, 1871-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A99596
- Materials:
- bark cloth, tapa, cane and wood
- type:
- mask
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
