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1938.36.303

Mask or headdress, with fish-figure covered with painted barkcloth mounted on pole with conical head-piece below.

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1938.36.303

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Collection type
Object
Description
Mask or headdress, with fish-figure covered with painted barkcloth mounted on pole with conical head-piece below.
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Gulf Province Kikori District Orokolo Bay
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1937
Date collected
By 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Material Plant Fibre, Process Covered, Process Painted, Process Wicker Woven, Process Basketry, Process Beaten, Process Tied
Dimensions
Height: max 1600 mm approx
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.303 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 303

Search terms: Mask, Clothing Headgear, Ornament, Dance, Figure, Basketry, Headdress, Fish Figure

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