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Kanak. <em>Mask (Pwemwe)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1691_front_PS5.jpg)
Kanak. Mask (Pwemwe), late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1691_front_PS5.jpg)
Kanak. <em>Mask (Pwemwe)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1691_front_PS5.jpg)

Kanak. Mask (Pwemwe), late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1691_front_PS5.jpg)

Kanak. <em>Mask (Pwemwe)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1691_side_PS5.jpg)

Kanak. Mask (Pwemwe), late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1691_side_PS5.jpg)

Kanak. <em>Mask (Pwemwe)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.22.1691_side.jpeg)

Kanak. Mask (Pwemwe), late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.22.1691_side.jpeg)

Kanak. <em>Mask (Pwemwe)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.22.1691_reverse_detail01.jpeg)

Kanak. Mask (Pwemwe), late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.22.1691_reverse_detail01.jpeg)

Kanak. <em>Mask (Pwemwe)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.22.1691_reverse_detail03.jpeg)

Kanak. Mask (Pwemwe), late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.22.1691_reverse_detail03.jpeg)

Kanak. <em>Mask (Pwemwe)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.22.1691_reverse_detail02.jpeg)

Kanak. Mask (Pwemwe), late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.22.1691_reverse_detail02.jpeg)

Kanak. <em>Mask (Pwemwe)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.22.1691_detail01.jpeg)

Kanak. Mask (Pwemwe), late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.22.1691_detail01.jpeg)

Kanak. <em>Mask (Pwemwe)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.22.1691_detail02.jpeg)

Kanak. Mask (Pwemwe), late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.22.1691_detail02.jpeg)

Kanak. <em>Mask (Pwemwe)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1691_print_front_bw.jpg)

Kanak. Mask (Pwemwe), late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1691_print_front_bw.jpg)

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Mask (Pwemwe)

Arts of the Pacific Islands

CULTURE Kanak
MEDIUM Wood
  • Place Made: New Caledonia
    • DATES late 19th–early 20th century
    DIMENSIONS 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm)  (show scale)
    INSCRIPTIONS Old blue-rimmed label on inside of base, worn, stained, and illegible; ""22.1691" written in black ink on back of mask
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
    ACCESSION NUMBER 22.1691
    CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Tall, ovoid mask with open mouth with serrated teeth. A large, bulbous nose projects from center of face; smaller coffee-bean shaped eyes are above the nose. Mask has five holes below the mouth, four on each side, for attachment of costume.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Kanak. Mask (Pwemwe), late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1691_front_PS5.jpg)
    IMAGE front, CUR.22.1691_front_PS5.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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    Kanak. <em>Mask (Pwemwe)</em>, late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, 24 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. (61 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1691. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1691_front_PS5.jpg)

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    New Caledonia
    Kanak
    Pwemwe
    nose
    Mask
    Wood
    Carved
    Long
    Dark
    Oblonged
    Teeth

    TAGS

    New Caledonia
    Kanak
    Pwemwe
    nose
    Mask
    Wood
    Carved
    Long
    Dark
    Oblonged
    Teeth

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