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Mask (eharo)

late 19th-early 20th century
Object PlaceGulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea
Medium/TechniqueBarkcloth, fiber, cane, paint
DimensionsOverall: 61 cm (24 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.308
On View
On view
ClassificationsMasks
ProvenanceJulius Konietzko (dealer; b. 1886 – d. 1952), Hamburg. By 1976, Galerie Robert Burawoy, Paris; July, 1977, sold by Burawoy to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
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