Mask "mwei", Papua New Guinea, Iatmul, Size: H: 50 cm (H: 19.7 inch), ID: 3044147

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Lot 64

90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art

Mask "mwei" · Papua New Guinea, Iatmul · ID: 3044147

sold EUR 1,000

Provenance

Wilhelm Fugmann, Neuendettelsau, Germany (collected in situ, 1960)

Size

H: 50 cm

H: 19.7 inch

Description

wood, shell, clay, boar tusks, human hair,

Comparing literature

Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 224

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