Oceanic Art - Face Mask, Sepik area, Papua New Guinea

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Face mask
Sepik area, Papua New Guinea
Coconut fiber, nassa shells, bush string
Early 20th century

12.25 " (31 cm) wide
This rare face mask has small slits in the coconut fiber for the wearer to look through, almost like a pair of eskimo sunglasses.
#9540     

$350


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