![Elongated mask; painted white, black, reddish-brown & yellow; center of forehead, rim of eyes, nostrils, lips & lower edge of mask from ear to ear built up with resin & embedded with shells; dyed fiber beard; carved bird-form on headdress.](https://wam.org//wp-content/uploads/2020/12/1981.36.jpg)
Ceremonial Gable Mask
Maker unknown
about 1910–40
Artwork Information
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Title:
Ceremonial Gable Mask
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Artist:
Maker unknown
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Artist Bio:
New Guinean
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Date:
about 1910–40
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Medium:
Carved and painted wood, resin, shells and fiber
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Dimensions:
32 3/4 inches
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Credit Line:
Wichita Art Museum, Museum purchase, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum, Vedere Ball Fund
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Object Number:
1981.36
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Display:
Not Currently on Display