Mask

early 20th century

MARKK
Hamburg, Germany

According to information from the J.F.G. Umlauff company, through which the museum acquired the object in 1913, this mask originated on Nissan Island, an atoll located to the north-west of Bougainville Island. It features a sculpted hat and an applied moustache of plant fibres. The mask’s appearance suggests that it was made to represent a particular person.

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Details

Title: Mask
Date Created: early 20th century
Type: Mask
Publisher: Museum of Ethnology Hamburg
Rights: Museum of Ethnology Hamburg | Photo: Paul Schimweg
External Link: Homepage Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg
Medium: plant fibre, pigment
on display: Masks of the South Seas
Date of Acquisition: 1913
Context of Origin: Nissan, Green Islands, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea
Collection: Coll. J.F.G. Umlauff

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