Dance Mask

2000.09.0001A

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    Basic Information

    Artifact Identification Dance Mask   (2000.09.0001A)
    Classification/
    Nomenclature
    1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
    3. Ceremonial Artifacts
    4. :
    5. Religious Objects
    Artist/Maker Unknown
    Geographic Location
    Period N/A
    Date 20th century
    Culture Melanesian

    Physical Analysis

    Dimension 1 (Length) 34.0 cm
    Dimension 2 (Depth) 21.8 cm
    Dimension 3 (Width) 19.6 cm
    Weight 815 g
    Measuring Remarks N/A
    Materials Clay, Plant, Pigment, Animal
    Manufacturing Processes Handbuilding, Inserting

    Research Remarks

    Description Under Review
    Published Description N/A
    Bibliography

    Welsch, Robert L. Welsch, ed. An American Anthropologist in Melanesia: A. B. Lewis and the Joseph N. Field South Pacific Expedition 1909-1913. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai’i Press, 1998, p. 387, fig. 6.11.

    Artifact History

    Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Eugene and Inga Giles
    Reproduction No

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