Malanggan (Malagan) Mask

Use your Museum Journal to enter answers for the following questions. You may work in groups of three or four.

What can we observe?

  1. What colors are painted on the mask?
  2. Is it totally symmetrical?
  3. Is it life-size?
  4. What are the eyes made from? (Hint: New Ireland is an island country)
  5. How many spires or horns are attached?
  6. Approximately how tall and wide is the mask?

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