Mask of dance costume · Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik · ID: 3043274
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Provenance
Ernst Schauerte, Berlin, GermanyE. Schauerte was employed as developement aid worker in Papua New Guinea from 1984 until 1989. He received the present mask as a gift in Kainantu in the Eastern Highlands.
Size
B: 23 cm
H: 17 cm
B: 9.1 inch
H: 6.7 inch
Description
light wood, brown patina, striking broad face with pointed ears (flying fox?) and triangular projections above the forehead, fixed to ring-shaped wickerwork, slightly dam., abrasion of paint.
According to old collection label on the backside originating from Kamanibit village in the Middle Sepik area.
The object Mask of dance costume with the object ID 3043274 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 43.
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