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Mask

Malakula

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Caption

Malakula. Mask, late 19th century. Bamboo, trade cloth, vegetal-fiber paste, pigment, 15 x 9 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (38.1 x 23.5 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede and Mrs. Melville W. Hall, 87.218.90. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Malakula

Title

Mask

Date

late 19th century

Medium

Bamboo, trade cloth, vegetal-fiber paste, pigment

Classification

Masks

Dimensions

15 x 9 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (38.1 x 23.5 x 6.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Marcia and John Friede and Mrs. Melville W. Hall

Accession Number

87.218.90

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Artists and makers

Malakula

9 works in the collection