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Iatmul

Amulet Mask

Iatmul, 1900-1932

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Iatmul

Amulet Mask

Iatmul, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Cane, pigment, H. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.69
Red pigment
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art". Baltimore Museum of Art. 1956 pg 28. cat no. 69.
“Masks and Masquerades”. Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans. 1961. cat no. 149.
Coupaye, Ludovic. Growing Artefacts, Displaying Relationships: Yams, Art and Technology amongst the Nyamikum Abelam of Papua NewGuinea. New York: Berghahn Books, 2013

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