Crown for a Mask
Unidentified Iatmul maker
Middle Sepik River
Papua New Guinea
19th century
Basketry
Overall: 21 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (55.3 × 19.1 × 24 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
2019.97.30
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
19th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Harry A. Franklin, Los Angeles, California 1950; Harry A. Franklin Family, Los Angeles, California, 1983; lent to present collection, 1990; given to present collection, 2019.
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