Kavat mask, Baining tribe, Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain, Papua New Guinea Beaten bark, bamboo, colour pigments Papua New Guinea H. 98 cm Kavat mask, Papua New Guinea H. 38 9/16 in Surprising in its form and composition, beautiful Kavat mask made of Tapa from New Britain. This type of mask appears during the Fire Dance. Each Kavat evokes a particular spirit, related to flora, fauna or even bestiary. This one has a round eye in its centre. A star shape elegantly surrounds it.

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