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| Maker(s): | Unknown | | Culture: | Oceanic; Melanesian
| | Title: | Mask
| | Date Made: | 20th century
| | Type: | Adornment
| | Materials: | Wood, grass, black paint
| | Place Made: | Oceania; Melanesia; Malay Archipelago; New Guinea
| | Measurements: | 18.5 x 13 x 7.5 in.
| | Accession Number: | MH 1979.30.55
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Mary S. Olmsted (Class of 1941)
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Very deep round mask with eye and mouth holes. Handle (?) on bottom of chin. Grass forms beard around chin. Holes for tying grass to mask are around entire periphery.
Tags:
indigenous people Subjects:
Indigenous peoples Link to share this object record:
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