Mask (Mawa)
Object type: Mask
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Torres Strait Islander
Date: mid-19th–early 20th century
Medium: Wood, paint, shells, cloth, wool, fiber
Dimensions: H. 19 7/8 x W. 8 1/4 x D. 5 3/4 in. (50.5 x 21 x 14.6 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:     Australia Saibai Island 
River: Torres Strait
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession year: 1979
Tags: Faces|Ceremonial Objects