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Elema, 1900-1928

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Elema

Mask

Elema, 1900-1928

Physical Qualities Bark cloth, reed, plant fiber, pigment, H. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.95
Red and white pigments
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art" , BMA 1956 pg 31. cat no. 95
Adams, Victoria. "Barkcloth dance masks from Papua New Guinea." Explore our collections (2017).

Neich, Roger, and Mick Pendergrast. Pacific tapa. University of Hawaii Press, 2004.

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Elema

2000–2000

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