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Round mask with feathers (headdress ornament)
Date:
19th century
Location:
de Young
Gallery 30
Century:
Media:
Alstonia Wood (duduye), Pigment, Feathers
Dimensions:
15 x 15 x 2 cm (5 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Department:
Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
Oceania
Culture/People:
Torembi Village; Sawos People
Provenance:
"Collected in 1908-11 on the Hamburg South Seas Expedition, Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamburg (G719); Serge Brignoni Collection, Bern, Switzerland." (Catalog #229, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 119.)
Accession Number:
2005.180.15
Acquisition Date:
2005-02-28
Credit Line:
Gift of Marcia and John Friede
Carved from one piece of wood with inserted fethares along edge with red and white pigment designs.
