Mask
- Culture
- Baining artist
- Date
- mid- to late 20th century
- Material
- Bark cloth, plant fiber, pigment
- associated with
- East New Britain province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
- Classification
- Costume & clothing, masks
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- length: 35 7/16 in. (90 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 58:1977
Provenance
- 1972
Roberta M. Nochimson, New York, NY, USA
1972 - 1977
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Roberta M. Nochimson [1]
1977 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [1]
Notes:
[1] An invoice dated November 13, 1972 from Roberta M. Nochimson to Morton D. May documents the purchase of this object, listed as "Baning Mask from New Britain" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Musuem].
[2] A letter dated March 1, 1977 from Morton D. May to James N. Wood, director of the Saint Louis Art Museum, includes the offer of this object as part of a larger donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, April 14, 1977.
Roberta M. Nochimson, New York, NY, USA
1972 - 1977
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Roberta M. Nochimson [1]
1977 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [1]
Notes:
[1] An invoice dated November 13, 1972 from Roberta M. Nochimson to Morton D. May documents the purchase of this object, listed as "Baning Mask from New Britain" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Musuem].
[2] A letter dated March 1, 1977 from Morton D. May to James N. Wood, director of the Saint Louis Art Museum, includes the offer of this object as part of a larger donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, April 14, 1977.
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