Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
Helmet Mask (tatanua)

CultureNew Ireland people
Titles
  • Helmet Mask (tatanua)
Date1884–1895
PlaceNorthern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
MediumWood, paint, opercula shells, lime plaster, plant fiber, bark, bark cloth, rattan, and cord
Dimensions15 1/4 × 9 1/2 × 12 in. (38.7 × 24.1 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by an anonymous donor
Object number90.256
Non exposé

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Provenance[Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas, by 1989]; purchased by MFAH, 1990.

Exhibition History"Masks: Faces of Culture," Saint Louis Art Museum, October 8, 1999–January 2, 2000; Field Museum, Chicago, February 19–May 14, 2000; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 25–September 17, 2000.

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