Mask
(1980s)

Lapun Kamda Kubo

Medium: earth pigments on wood, resin, shell, pig tusk, feathers, fibre
Measurements: 34.4 × 15.5 × 14.0 cm
Place/s of Execution: Avananofi village, Kavani Valley, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number: 2005.380
Department: Pacific Art
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Chris Boylan, Governor, 2005
© the artist
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location: Not on display
Physical description: Stylised carved wood mask decorated with feather headdress and shells with a single pig tusk projecting from the centre of the face of mask. The wood mask was said to depict the evil spirit that caused leprosy.