Mask (Tatanua)

• Medium: Wood, bark, fiber, Turbo petholatus opercula, pigment
• Geographical Location: Northern region, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
• Dates: 19th century
• Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 8 x 10 1/2 in. (31.1 x 20.3 x 26.7 cm)
• Collection: Arts of the Pacific Islands
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5H1, 6E
• Accession Number: 35.2212
• Image: 35.2212_transp6191.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,

Catalogue Description:
Wooden mask, the face of which is painted black, red and white. Glass eyes. The crest of the mask is made of bark fiber in imitation of a mourning coiffure. Condition: one ear missing, one partly broken; ornaments over eyes broken.