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Description: | "A striking mask which would entirely cover the wearer's head consisting of a small face carved in wood painted red and black with a large frame around it made from split cane, covered in fabric painted red and green which in turn has been covered with plaited vegetable fibre (to represent hair?) with a 'scalp-lock' made from a lighter, finer vegetable fibre, on top. The former had been dyed black, the latter, orange-red. Round the bottom is a length of fabric dyed green/blue with a printed white motif." (Description taken from conservation record, lab no. 627)
"A little inferior [to T147, NCM 1987-1784], except for the cloth neck cover." (Cranstone Catalogue, 1952)
Accession number: NCM 1987-1785 | Subjects: | dance? MELANESIAN NEW IRELAND ceremony | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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