Mask Item Number: Ie480 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Mask depicting a long and narrow human face with protruding eyes, a protruding tongue and a recurved nose with the head of a boar-like figure at the chin. The face is heavily encrusted with shells at the edges, and ornamented with black cassowary feathers at the sides. Tusks protrude from the nostrils and the cheeks as well as from the cheeks of the boar-like figure. Sennit fibre tassels are tied through holes along the protruding rod running from the forehead to below the mouth. A loop hanger is attached at the top.
Item History
- Made in Papua New Guinea
- Owned by Alan F. Pierce before October 30, 1981
- Received from Alan F. Pierce (Donor) on October 30, 1981
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- Ie480
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- sennit fibre, cassowary feather, shell, wood, paint, wool fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, inlaid and painted
- Overall
- height 104.0 cm, width 22.0 cm, depth 18.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Previous Owner
- Alan F. Pierce
- Received from
- Alan F. Pierce (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Papua New Guinea
When
- Ownership Date
- before October 30, 1981
- Acquisition Date
- on October 30, 1981
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 72
- Accession Number
- 0720/0028