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Mask

Lower Sepik River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Mask
 (early 20th century)

Medium
earth pigments on wood, fibre

Measurements
32.5 × 13.0 × 9.6 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1965
© the artists

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Lower Sepik River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
D73-1971

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
Long oval face with hollowed out back and hole threaded with string at top of head. Ten square holes around the edge of mask, eyes and v-shaped slit mouth nose, broad nostrils, hole through spectrum. Curved ridge on each cheek, dividing ridge down centre of face.

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