Mask (Rom)

Artist:Ambrym

Medium: Palm spathe, bamboo, coconut fiber, hemp, pigment

Geograhical Locations:

• Western Ambrym, Ambrym, Malampa Province, Vanuatu

Dates:19th century

Dimensions: 37 3/4 × 8 × 9 in. (95.9 × 20.3 × 22.9 cm) storage (custom blueboard storage box): 13 × 15 × 41 in. (33 × 38.1 × 104.1 cm)

Collections:

• Arts of the Pacific Islands

Exhibitions:

• In Pursuit of the Spiritual: Oceanic Art Given by Mr. and Mrs. John A. Friede and Mrs. Melville W. Hall

Accession Number: 86.229.5

Image: 86.229.5_SL1.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Mask. Palm spathe, bamboo, coir, hemp, pigment. Diamond-shaped human face, painted white, blue, black, and traces of red; visor-like eyebrows; large attached nose, open, upturned mouth. Long, thick, twisted tendrils of raffia hang from all sides. Armature visible from behind.

Brooklyn Museum