Mask
CultureMelanesian
Date19th century
MediumYam fiber
DimensionsOverall: 18 3/4 × 13 3/8 inches (47.63 × 33.96 cm)
Credit LineGift of the May Department Stores Company
Object number64-12/5
On View
Not on viewCollections
ProvenanceWith May Department Stores Company, St. Louis, MO, by February 13, 1964 [1];
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1964.
NOTES:
[1] According to Morton D. May, in a letter to the Nelson-Atkins dated February 13, 1964, NAMA curatorial files, this object was selected by curator Ralph T. Coe from an exhibition of New Guinean art held at The Hecht Company, Baltimore, MD, in 1964.
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