Fern mask (tamake)

NameMask

Artist Artist not recorded

Date20th century (before 1970)

Place madeFanla, Malampa, Vanuatu, Melanesia, Oceania

MediumFiber (tree fern) and natural pigments

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.1970.34.12

Object numberFA.1970.34.12

Collections

Kal Muller Collection

DescriptionGenerally oval face mask with a modelled nose and eyes. The mask has a brown ground and red and white painted downturned mouth, red and white vertical stripes on it's chin, rows of white dots below it's nose, semicircular forms on the cheeks, and geometric forms on it's forehead and crown of head.