Mask (Wanis)
Caption
Mask (Wanis), early 20th century. Alsonia wood, vegetable fiber, cotton trade cloth, pigment, turbo petholatus opercula shell, 31 x 7 x 11 3/4 in. (78.7 x 17.8 x 29.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. K. David G. Edwards from the David and Margery Edwards Collection, 2004.74.1.
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Collection
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Collection
Title
Mask (Wanis)
Date
early 20th century
Geography
Place made: Tabar Island, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
Medium
Alsonia wood, vegetable fiber, cotton trade cloth, pigment, turbo petholatus opercula shell
Classification
Dimensions
31 x 7 x 11 3/4 in. (78.7 x 17.8 x 29.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. K. David G. Edwards from the David and Margery Edwards Collection
Accession Number
2004.74.1
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