mask (dance & live theatre)

Anthropomorphic mask constructed from two plates of hawksbill turtle shell, which have boiled to soften them and then shaped over wooden moulds. The mask is pierced at regular intervals all around the outer edge, and would have formerly been fringed with feathers, possibly cassowary feathers.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
10.10.57/3
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 225 mm x 57 mm x 168 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
hawksbill turtle tortoiseshell
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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