Ceremonial ancestral mask of painted bark on wooden frame with fibre hair and beard

Ceremonial ancestral mask of painted bark on wooden frame with

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Ceremonial ancestral mask of painted bark on wooden frame with
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Ceremonial ancestral mask of painted bark on wooden frame with fibre hair and beard, from Ambrym, New Hebrides, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A221930
Materials:
bark, wood and fibre
Measurements:
overall: 550 mm x 220 mm x 150 mm, .24 kg
type:
mask
credit:
Glendining