Collection Online

Mask
(1980s)

Medium
earth pigments on wood, resin, shell, pig tusk, feathers, fibre

Measurements
34.4 × 15.5 × 14.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Chris Boylan, Governor, 2005
© the artist

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Avananofi village, Kavani Valley, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
2005.380

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
Stylised carved wood mask decorated with feather headdress and shells with a single pig tusk projecting from the centre of the face of mask. The wood mask was said to depict the evil spirit that caused leprosy.