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Helmet mask (kavat)
Baining
late 19th–early 20th century
Object Place: New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Gazelle Peninsula
Medium/Technique
Bark cloth, cane, fiber, pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 71.1 cm (28 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William E. Teel
Accession Number2014.309
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CollectionsAfrica and Oceania
ClassificationsMasks
ProvenanceSaid to have been acquired from a German missionary of the United Methodist Church by Reverend Ian Fardon (b. 1925 – d. 1991), Sydney, Australia [see note]. November 9, 1987, sold by Maurice Bonnefoy (dealer; stock no. 1505), New York and Garennes-sur-Eure, France, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
NOTE: According to information provided by Bonnefoy. Reverend Fardon was himself a Methodist missionary to Papua New Guinea between 1956 and 1974. It is not known exactly when or how it was acquired. Masks of this type were often burned after use.
NOTE: According to information provided by Bonnefoy. Reverend Fardon was himself a Methodist missionary to Papua New Guinea between 1956 and 1974. It is not known exactly when or how it was acquired. Masks of this type were often burned after use.