Mask "mwei", Papua New Guinea, Iatmul, Size: H: 51 cm (H: 20.1 inch), ID: 3045758

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Lot 78

93rd Tribal Art Auction

Mask "mwei" · Papua New Guinea, Iatmul · ID: 3045758

sold EUR 500

Provenance

Börner, Germany, collected around 1900

Size

H: 51 cm

H: 20.1 inch

Description

wood, colour pigments, clay-like mass, nassa and cowrie snails, remains of human hair, traces of humidity

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