Mask of dance costume
Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik
not available anymore
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.