Mask Item Number: C655 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Carved mask attached to headpiece by fibres. Face is painted in geometric designs in white, red, and black. Shells for the eyes. Headpiece has real grey-brown hair at either side covered in white clay and an extended ridge running front to back along the middle, and is built on a frame of strips of red orange-brown wood and bark cloth. Elaborate decoration.
Cultural Context
used in dances (collector's catalogue)
Item History
- Made in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- C655
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- bark, wood, human hair, clay, paint, shell and plant fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and attached
- Overall
- height 34.4 cm, width 21.0 cm, depth 42.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Western Melanesia
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 66
- Accession Number
- 2191/1002