Mai Mask
Item number 3532/4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Mai mask consisting of a long and narrow face. Mask is made of wood and is covered in small white shells inset in dark brown-black mud. Area around eyes and nose is plain wood and coloured dark orange. Eyes are made of inset cowrie shells, highlighted with black paint. Sharp nose bridge runs through centre of face. Nose has orange nostrils with black highlights, before extending into a snake that protrudes past the chin; raised design elements on snake's face. Round shells, with swirls in their centres, inset in the centre of the forehead and below the nose, on either side. Plant fibre cord runs around bottom edge of mask, with twisted fibre strands attached, imitating a beard. Additional fuzzy fibre on top of head, imitating hair; inset cowrie shells border bottom of hair. Top half of mask back is concave; bottom half is flat. (Hanging hardware on back.)
Item History
- Made in Papua New Guinea
- Collected during 1977
- Owned by Eleanor Hooley before November 3, 2021
- Received from Eleanor Hooley (Donor) on November 3, 2021
What
- Name
- Mai Mask
- Identification Number
- 3532/4
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- wood, earth, cowrie shell, shell, plant fibre, fibre, pigment and paint
- Overall
- height 74.0 cm, width 22.5 cm, depth 10.8 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Papua New Guinea
Who
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Previous Owner
- Eleanor Hooley
- Received from
- Eleanor Hooley (Donor)
When
- Collection Date
- during 1977
- Ownership Date
- before November 3, 2021
- Acquisition Date
- on November 3, 2021
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3532/0004
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