Body Mask Item Number: Ie415 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Tumbuan 'mask' or body costume. Conical shape made of a wooden frame and wrapped with a large piece of mulberry bark that is painted with a vertical striped pattern in dark brown, light brown and orange. Along the bottom edge is a long fringe of sennit(?) dyed red and black; the sides have two red tufts. Attached to the front is an oval shaped wooden mask covered in white clay. The face has a long forehead, protruding brow, nose and red tongue. The septum has boar tusks running through; eyes are inlaid with shell. Around the eyes and nose is black and white spotted detailing. Above the mask are black feathers, a large tuft of sennit ? dyed black and painted red and white. The top back has a fibre woven plate, an erect woven handle and a pink and blue fabric decoration with white feathers. The top sides have wooden handles painted black, red and white.
Cultural Context
ceremonial
Item History
- Made in Papua, Indonesia
- Owned by Alan F. Pierce before October 30, 1981
- Received from Alan F. Pierce (Donor) on October 30, 1981
What
- Name
- Body Mask
- Identification Number
- Ie415
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- palm leaf, clay, paint, feather, wood, shell, cotton fibre, plant fibre, mulberry bark, boar tusk and dye
- Overall
- height 123.8 cm, diameter 58.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Asmat
- Previous Owner
- Alan F. Pierce
- Received from
- Alan F. Pierce (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Papua, Indonesia
When
- Ownership Date
- before October 30, 1981
- Acquisition Date
- on October 30, 1981
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 67
- Accession Number
- 0720/0038