Mask (Kavat)

Artist:Baining

Medium: Barkcloth, pigment, cane

Geograhical Locations:

• Gazelle Peninsula, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea

Dates:late 19th or early 20th century

Dimensions: 50 x 11 x 29 in. (127 x 27.9 x 73.7 cm)

Collections:

• Arts of the Pacific Islands

Accession Number: 1994.142

Image: 1994.142_SL3.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
White, red, and black painted designs on bark cloth over a wooden frame. Circular opening in lower back of mask. Condition: good, stitching evident on many parts of the mask, these are not repairs but part of construction

Brooklyn Museum