Null Masque Papou
ABELAM, Papua New Guinea.
Yam mask in woven basketry enhanced …

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Masque Papou ABELAM, Papua New Guinea. Yam mask in woven basketry enhanced with natural pigments. Height: 31 cm. Width: 21 cm.

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Masque Papou ABELAM, Papua New Guinea. Yam mask in woven basketry enhanced with natural pigments. Height: 31 cm. Width: 21 cm.

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Old SAWOS hut mask from the Middle Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. It is represented in the form of a large trapezoid made of bark and decorated with basketry. Red, cream and black engobe. 110x107 cm. Provenance: Drouot-Montaigne auction, Maître Jean-Louis Picard, vente d'arts premiers, expert Guy Montbardon, May 12, 1992.

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Sepik-style mask, Murik lakes, Papua New Guinea. The face has an austere, serious expression, reinforced by the pout of the small, hollowed-out mouth, and by the eyes magnified by a hollowed-out rim with circular white pupils. The long, plunging nose is inscribed in a curve characteristic of Sepik masks. Light brown patina. The lower surface is decorated with engraved scarification marks, and the rim with a serrated collar. Height : 73.5 Width : 27 cm approx. Provenance: Claude Feraud surrealist collection. Expert: Madame Aurore Krier-Mariani.

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