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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Oceanic; Melanesian
Title:Mask
Date Made:20th century
Type:Ceremonial
Materials:Wood
Place Made:Oceania; Melanesia; Malay Archipelago; New Guinea
Measurements:Overall: 13 in x 5 in; 33 cm x 12.7 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1969.27.V.L
Credit Line:Gift of Professor Marian Hayes (Class of 1925)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
black wooden mask used in initiation ceremonies
wooden mask with a shell (or bone) ring, which is not attatched to the mask. there are traces of orange paint

Tags:
indigenous people

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