Mask · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Sepik · ID: 3038262
Vendu
2 800 €
Provenance
Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USADescription
wood, dark brown patina, red pigment, framing of tortoise shell around the eyes, ears with two drilled holes each for attachment of ornament, flat beak-like nose, drilled holes around the rim, slightly dam., minor missing part (forhead ridge), old rep. at the right ear (fixed with tar-like blackish mass), abrasion of paint;
worn by dancers on occasion of ritual festivities. The masks depict either ancestors or mythical spirits; which of them cannot be determined, when the masks once have left their place of origin.