Mask

Unidentified Iatmul maker
Middle Sepik River
Papua New Guinea

Share

1960s or 1970s

Wood with ochre and white and yellow pigment

Overall: 24 7/16 × 7 1/16 × 5 1/8 in. (62 × 18 × 13 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Cynthia and Douglas McCollum in memory of Audrey and Robert McCollum

2018.29.1

Geography

Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania

Period

20th century

Object Name

Ceremonial Artifact: Mask

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Audrey and Robert McCollum; to their children, Cynthia and Douglas McCollum; given to present collection, 2018.

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