Mask

Museum number:

11-37324

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Accession number:

Acc.1804

Object count:

1

Donor:

Morton D. May

Collection place:

Wewak District, East Sepik Province, Momase Region

Culture or time period:

New Guinea, Papua Island

Collector:

Mr. L. R. Webb and Roy James Hedlund

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Masks (costume)

Function:

5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies

Accession date:

1963

Department:

Oceania

Loans:

S1966-1967 #60: Design (UC Berkeley) (January 20, 1967–February 3, 1967), S1967-1968 #120: Design (UC Berkeley)/Lucretia Nelson (April 12, 1968–May 17, 1968), and S1969-1970 #114: Design (UC Berkeley)/Lucretia Nelson (April 14, 1970–July 2, 1970)

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