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<em>Mask</em>. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.2213_bw.jpg)
Mask. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.2213_bw.jpg)
<em>Mask</em>. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.2213_bw.jpg)

Mask. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.2213_bw.jpg)

<em>Mask</em>. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.2213_overall.jpg)

Mask. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.2213_overall.jpg)

<em>Mask</em>. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.2213_detail03.jpg)

Mask. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.2213_detail03.jpg)

<em>Mask</em>. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.2213_detail04.jpg)

Mask. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.2213_detail04.jpg)

<em>Mask</em>. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.2213_detail05.jpg)

Mask. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.2213_detail05.jpg)

<em>Mask</em>. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.2213_detail01.jpg)

Mask. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.2213_detail01.jpg)

<em>Mask</em>. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.2213_detail02.jpg)

Mask. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.35.2213_detail02.jpg)

<em>Mask</em>. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.2213_acetate_bw.jpg)

Mask. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.2213_acetate_bw.jpg)

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Arts of the Pacific Islands

MEDIUM Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula
  • Place Made: New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
    • DIMENSIONS 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm)  (show scale)
    INSCRIPTIONS "35.2213" written in ink under chin of mask
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
    ACCESSION NUMBER 35.2213
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Appleton Sturgis
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Mask. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.2213_bw.jpg)
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    <em>Mask</em>. Wood, cloth, pigment, fibers, barkcloth, rattan, paste or plaster, tapestry turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, 17 1/2 × 9 × 13 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Appleton Sturgis, 35.2213. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.2213_bw.jpg)

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