Date: 1999 / Media Type: Objects / Subject (Topic): Masks--Papua New Guinea, Costume--Papua New Guinea - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

Start Over Date 1999 ✖ Media Type Objects ✖ Subject (Topic) Masks--Papua New Guinea, Costume--Papua New Guinea ✖

1. Raffia mask (Tambuan mask)

Raffia mask (Tambuan mask)

Date:: 1900 and 1999
Description:: Mask used during the performance of tambuan (or tumbuan) dances. It is woven from raffia and and has a beak, cross-hatched crown, circular eyes, and reeds projecting from circular ear rings. Origin Papua New Guinea.