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Mask

New Ireland, 1900

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New Ireland

Mask

New Ireland, 1900

Physical Qualities Wood, seeds, vegetable paste, opercula of the turbo snail, pigments, H. 11 in. (27.9 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.23
Red, white and black 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

"Masks and Masquerades", Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, February 1st-March 31st 1961.
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art". Baltimore Museum of Art. 1956 pg 22. Cat no. 23.
"Masks and Masquerades" Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, cat no. 148
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