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Pitt Rivers Museum

1967.25.10

Face mask of papier mache, painted yellow and orange with brown spots. Upper part human, with moulded eyebrows painted orange and gold, death's head at top. Lower part a large hooked beak wide open, pierced, with long pointed tongue and four canine teeth.

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1967.25.10

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Collection type
Object
Description
Face mask of papier mache, painted yellow and orange with brown spots. Upper part human, with moulded eyebrows painted orange and gold, death's head at top. Lower part a large hooked beak wide open, pierced, with long pointed tongue and four canine teeth.
Geographical reference
Spiti
Person
Field collector G.H. Emerson
PRM source G.H. Emerson
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1930-1939
Date collected
1930s
Acquisition information
Donated: 1967
Materials and processes
Material Papier-Mâché Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Material Textile, Process Painted, Process Moulded
Dimensions
Length 322 mm, Width 197 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1967.25.10

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