Ancestor board with mask
- Made:
- 1851-1910 in Papua New Guinea
Carved and painted wooden ancestor board with mask like head and animal (monkey ?), in low relief, and painted black, red and white, with dentated design, from Orokolo, New Guinea, 1851-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A242783
- Materials:
- wood and hook, iron
- Measurements:
-
overall: 1745 mm x 215 mm x 85 mm, 3.54 kg
- type:
- mask and ancestor board
- credit:
- Glendining
