DepartmentOceania

Mask

NameMask

CultureAsmat People (?)

Date20th century

Place madeSor river area, Papua New Guinea, Oceania

MediumRattan, wood, bamboo, clay, cassowray (?), feathers, pigment

Dimensions24 × 21 in. (60.9601 × 53.3401 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.1160

Object numberA.1995.93.1160

Collections

ProvenanceArthur Leeper, San Francisco, CA, Invoice #7920

DescriptionA mask from Papua, New Guinea, (Asmat people?). A hood-type covering with a face and openings at sides; colors are brown, white, purple; made of rattan, wood, bamboo, clay, feathers (cassowary?), pigment; techniques are crochet and lashing.