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Elema

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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
"The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art", January 7th-March 4th 1956, Baltimore Museum of Art
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art" , BMA 1956 pg 31. cat no. 95

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Elema

2000–2000

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