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.