The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Ornaments for a Body Mask

Ornaments for a Body Mask

Date:: mid-20th century
Geography:: Indonesia, Papua Province (Irian Jaya), Ambisu village, Ajip River region
Culture:: Asmat people
Medium:: Fiber, sago palm leaves, wood, cloth
Classification:: Basketry-Sculpture
Credit Line:: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection; Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller and Mrs. Mary C. Rockefeller, 1965
Accession Number:: 1978.412.1282b

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Michael C. Rockefeller Expedition, collected 1961; David Eyde, until 1963; Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1963–1965; The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1963–1978
See also
What
Costume (41,678)

Sculpture (24,350)

Cloth (1,039)

Masks (824)

Palm leaf (559)

Ceremonial masks (497)
Where
Asia (68,071)

Indonesia (2,910)

Irian Jaya (694)
When
A.D. 1900-present (77,516)
In the Museum
Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (11,467)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Southeast Asia, 1900 A.D.–present

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