Mask (wau nor)
Unidentified Murik maker
Lower Sepik River
Papua New Guinea
late 19th-early 20th century
Hardwood, cane, sago fiber, and bark fiber
Overall: 24 13/16 × 10 1/4 × 6 1/8 in. (63 × 26 × 15.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
2019.97.31
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Mask
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 74, The Human Spectrum, Nate Dominy, Spring 2022
Exhibition History
Faces of Culture: Masks from the Permanent Collection of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1, 1991-November 1, 1993.
Peoples of Oceania: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Antrhopology 47, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 1-30, 1995.
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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