Beautiful old mask ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3040238

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, slanting eyes framed by bulging lines, a short nose carved with five-parted nose ring, forehead zone and cheeks carved with ornaments, beautiful details: a small frog superimposed to the forehead, projections at the chin and on the head in shape of detailed animal heads (crocodile), drilled ear holes for attachment of ornament, slightly dam., cracks, abrasion of paint