Mask
Physical 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.
Categories
Materials
Wood Paint Shell Cassowary feather Sennit fibre Wool fibre Dye
Date Acquired
30 Oct 1981
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 104 cm x 22 cm x 18 cm
Object Number
Ie480