Mai Mask
Unidentified Iatmul maker
Middle Sepik River
Papua New Guinea
early 20th century
Wood, cowrie shell, resin, and black pigment
Overall: 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.54.27206
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Mask
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Changing Traditions in Pacific Art, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 38, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 7-November 10, 2002.
Religious Symbols in the Art of New Guinea, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 47 & 53, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 17-May 16, 1999.
The Art of Papua New Guinea: Selections from the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1, 1993-February 13, 1995.
Provenance
Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1903-1983), Los Angeles, California, in the 1950s; to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; given to present collection, 1990.
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