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Baining and New Britain

Mask (Kavat)

Baining, 1900

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Mask (Kavat)

Baining, 1900

Physical Qualities Bark cloth, bamboo, plant fiber, pigment, 21 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 15 3/4 in. (54 x 53 x 40 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.28
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger
"The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art", Baltimore Museum of Art, January 7-March 4, 1956
Kevin Tervala, "The Matter of Bark Cloth," Baltimore Museum of Art, May 7-October 1, 2023.
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art". Baltimore Museum of Art,1956, pg. 13, 23, ill. 28.
Sunday Sun (Brown Section) January 8th 1956 illus p. 15

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