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Middle Sepik gable mask

Middle Sepik gable mask

20th century
Object PlacePapua New Guinea
Medium/TechniquePlaited fiber mask
DimensionsLegacy: 25x20 in.
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.105
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMasks
Provenance1968, acquired in Angoram, Papua New Guinea, by Genevieve McMillan (b. 1922 – d. 2008), Cambridge, MA; April 24, 1968, sold by Genevieve McMillan to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
Mask
Mask
mid to late 20th century
Image Not Available for Mask (kepong or ges)
Mask (kepong or ges)
Artist unidentified, Melanesian
late 19th century
Headdress (susiu)
Headdress (susiu)
Artist Unidentified, Pacific Islander
late 19th century
Mask (rom)
Mask (rom)
19th–20th century
Mask (eharo)
Mask (eharo)
late 19th-early 20th century
Helmet mask (kavat)
Helmet mask (kavat)
late 19th–early 20th century
Helmet mask
Helmet mask
late 19th century
Group shot: L-SE 1045.1.91, L-SE 1045.1.93
Club
Artist unknown, Pacific Islander
20th century, 1950–2000
Helmet mask
Helmet mask
late 19th century
Mask
Mask
19th–20th century
Mask
Mask
19th–20th century
Image Not Available for Helmet Mask
Helmet Mask
19th century