Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
Gable Mask for a Men's House

Gable Mask for a Men's House

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Artist
CultureSawos peoples
Titles
  • Gable Mask for a Men's House
Date1900–1950
PlaceTorembi Village, Papua New Guinea
MediumSago spathes, cane, other plant fibers, paint, and feathers
Dimensions49 3/4 × 27 inches (126.4 × 68.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number62.43
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
Lower Brown Corridor
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Department
Art of the Indigenous Pacific Islands and Australia
Object Type
ProvenanceTorembi Village, Papua New Guinea; Musée Ethnographique, Basel, Switzerland, by 1962; purchased by MFAH, 1962.

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