Null Large "M'vai" type mask with crenellated beard and long openwork beak.
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Large "M'vai" type mask with crenellated beard and long openwork beak. Eyes inlaid with goatskin. Iatmul. Middle Sepik. Papua New Guinea. Number PK 72 on the back (Peter Kohler Collection, Switzerland). Height: 86 cm

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Large "M'vai" type mask with crenellated beard and long openwork beak. Eyes inlaid with goatskin. Iatmul. Middle Sepik. Papua New Guinea. Number PK 72 on the back (Peter Kohler Collection, Switzerland). Height: 86 cm

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