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Mask

Mask

19th–20th century
Object PlaceEast Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Medium/TechniqueWood, pigment
Dimensions29.21 cm (11 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of William E. and Bertha L. Teel
Accession number1994.400
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMasks
ProvenanceAbout 1900, said to have been acquired in Papua New Guinea by a German expedition. July 11, 1982, sold by Tambaran Gallery, New York, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 1994, partial gift of William and Bertha Teel to the MFA; 2014, acquired fully with the bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Dates: January 26, 1994 and February 26, 2014)
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