Mask with pointed head-dress and cowrie shell eyes

Provenance

Part of the Paget Collection

Not on display

Title/Description: Mask with pointed head-dress and cowrie shell eyes

Object Type: Mask

Materials: Cowrie, Pigment, Wood

Accession Number: 40018

Production Place: Pacific, Papua New Guinea

Credit Line: Bequeathed by Hugh Paget

1967

Oil paint, Wood

243mm (diameter) (frame: h 389 x w 389 x d 36mm)

1954 c.

Ceramic, Stoneware

h 2.5 x w 14.1 x d 14.1 cm

2700 c. BC - 2400 c. BC

Marble

h. 54 x w. 35 x d. 42 mm