Body Mask Item Number: Ie505 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Tumbuan body mask/costume. Mask is composed of a conical basketry top with woven facial features near the top, which is finished with a lip that juts upwards and outwards to form a circle as viewed from the top. The top is painted in alternating white and orange vertical bands. The bottom of the mask is finished with a long fringe attached to a ring of bent branch.
Cultural Context
ceremonial
Item History
- Made in Papua, Indonesia
- Owned by Indonesia Pavilion before December 3, 1986
- Received from Indonesia Pavilion (Donor) on December 3, 1986
What
- Name
- Body Mask
- Identification Number
- Ie505
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- wood, bark fibre, ochre pigment ?, lime mineral ? and palm leaf
- Overall
- height 144.0 cm, diameter 55.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Asmat
- Previous Owner
- Indonesia Pavilion
- Received from
- Indonesia Pavilion (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Papua, Indonesia
When
- Ownership Date
- before December 3, 1986
- Acquisition Date
- on December 3, 1986
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1176/0023