Rappau

Mask representing an marine spirit summoned into the village during Sing sing Uvol. This mask takes the structure of the others at its lower end; several rows of dried lanceolate leaves are arranged over a conical framework worn on the head, and this conical framework is bound throughout its upper half with coarse bark cloth over painted in red and black. A number of thorns protrude from the upper part of this cone.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1997.96.1
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 1130 x 680 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
pith, cane
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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