Amulet mask · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Sepik · ID: 3041642
Vendu
500 €
Provenance
Steward Kennedy, London, Great BritainDescription
wood, brown patina, typical form, incised curvilinear ornaments, nose with pierced septum, slightly dam. (jagged beard), abrasion of paint;
such small masks were often worn as breast ornament or were attached to wickerwork baskets. As sacred objects they were kept in the ritual houses and were fixed to holy flutes and other sacred items.
Littérature comparée
Peltier, Philippe et.al., Tanz der Ahnen, Zürich 2015, ill. 210