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Malangan Mask

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NameMalangan Mask

ProductionUnknown; circa 1890; New Ireland

Classificationceremonial masks

Materialswood, cloth, pigment

Registration NumberFE001099

Credit lineGift of Alexander Turnbull, 1913

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Category

Made of: wood
cloth
pigment
Type of: ceremonial masks
Influenced by: Papua New Guinean

Place

Made in: New Ireland (Papua New Guinea)

People & Organisations

Belonged to: Alexander Turnbull