Mask
(early 20th century)

Iatmul people, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Medium: wood, earth pigments, cowrie shells
Measurements: 61.5 × 27.6 × 7.3 cm
Place/s of Execution: Timbunke village, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number: D70-1971
Department: Pacific Art
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1965
© the artists
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Gallery location: Not on display
Physical description: Mask, flat and oblong shape with rounded ends. Hair incised with small squares, eyes are of raised circle inset with shells, long thin nose with wide nostrils, pierced septrum, slightly curved mouth, slit with carved teeth.