Carved wooden ancestral mask

Carved wooden ancestral mask, painted, used by Iatmul tribe

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Carved wooden ancestral mask, painted, used by Iatmul tribe
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Carved wooden ancestral mask, painted, used by Iatmul tribe, Sepik River, New Guinea, 1870-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A162994
Materials:
wood, cane and feathers
Measurements:
overall: 420 mm x 200 mm x 89 mm, .709 kg
type:
mask
credit:
Sothebys