Masque amulette · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Bas Sepik · ID: 3051824
Vendu
1 300 €
Provenance
F. W. Schlitter, Marburg, GermanyDescription
wood,
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.