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Object Type
mask
Museum number
Oc1944,02.1818
Description
Mask made of pith, wood, leaf.
Production ethnic group
Made by:
Sulka
Production date
1933
(before)
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
New Britain Archipelago
Materials
pith
wood
leaf
Technique
pigmented
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Irene Marguerite Beasley
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Harry Geoffrey Beasley
Previous owner/ex-collection:
J F G Umlauff
Acquisition date
1944
Acquisition notes
Original Beasley catalogue records that this was bought from Umlauff in 1933
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Oc1944,02.1818
Additional IDs
Previous owner/ex-collection number:
3333
(Original Beasley Collection Number)
Conservation
Treatment
: 31 Dec 1956
Treatment
: 6 Nov 1989