Image: Mask, Papua New Guinea E76583
Provenance: Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Pacific
This modern dance mask was worn by men in rituals and ceremonies. It was purchased by the Museum in 1980.
Description: black, wooden, anthropomorphic face mask with carved eyes, nose and mouth; pair of pig's tusks with cuscus fur through nose; face bordered by two bands of white and light grey job's tears seeds; forehead decorated with band of white cuscus fur, five rows of white nassa shells and band of vertical black feathers bound in red cotton cloth; yellow lichen hair and beard; hair decorated with string of job's tears seeds.
Height: 34cm; Length: 70cm; Width: 28cm
- Photographer:
- Emma Furno
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
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