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Mask
Mask

Mask

19th–20th century
Object PlacePapua New Guinea
Medium/TechniqueWood, pigment
Dimensions60.96 cm (24 in.)
Credit LineGift of William E. and Bertha L. Teel
Accession number1992.412
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMasks
ProvenanceWalter Randell (dealer), New York. July 18, 1985, sold by Wayne Heathcote (dealer), New York, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 1992, partial gift of William and Bertha Teel to the MFA; 2014, acquired fully with the bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Dates: June 30, 1992 and February 26, 2014)
Artist unidentified, Melanesian
late 19th century
Mask
mid to late 20th century
Mask
19th–20th century
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20th century, 1950–2000