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Mask with pointed head-dress and cowrie shell eyes

Life Story

Provenance

Part of the Paget Collection

Not on display

Title/Description: Mask with pointed head-dress and cowrie shell eyes

Object Type: Mask

Materials: Cowrie, Pigment, Wood

Accession Number: 40018

Production Place: Pacific, Papua New Guinea

Credit Line: Bequeathed by Hugh Paget

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