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Mask, dance

Description

Dance mask in barkcloth on a cane foundation in the form of a helmet and visor with a face in canework and coloured pigment: Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Papuan Gulf

Museum reference

A.1951.373

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Mask, dance

Production information

Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

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