Collection Online
Medium
earth pigments on clay over rattan
Measurements
22.0 × 12.5 × 6.3 cm
Place/s of Execution
Maprik, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
O12-1980
Departments
Oceanic Sculpture / Pacific Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria in memory of Stanley Gordon Moriarty by Jean McKay Moriarty, Fellow, 1980
© the artists
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Woven mask, oval shaped with circular eyes woven and pierced through, surrounded with woven concentric chevrons. A ridge runs along the centre of the face ending with a loop. Decorations of zigzag and painted patterns. Pink, white, brown, yellow ochre.