Papua New Guinea
1900
-1950
Brown
womans
SE Asia
[Cotton and Raffia]
Overview: The fum, or mask, is made from woven fiber painted in shades of brown. The fiber is supple although it is not soft or smooth. It consists of two pieces, a top portion or bodice, and a skirt and has both male and female aspects.
Construction: See supplemental pages for complete description.
Provenance: The two-piece mask was donated to the Department of Dramatic Art for the NowesArk Collection by Harriet Herring in 2010, who obtained it in Irian Jaya which is located in Indonesia between the Philippines and Australia.
