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PLATE XIII

Mask worn in dances in which the participants represent ghosts and spirits. The mask is made of a light bamboo frame, covered with tapa, or beaten bark-cloth. The fringe covers the wearer down to the ankles. Elema tribe, Gulf of Papua, New Guinea. Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts.