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Lot 208
Important Sepik River Mask, probably Ambunti Village region, Papua New Guinea
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12 May 2012, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$22,500 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistImportant Sepik River Mask, probably Ambunti Village region, Papua New Guinea
height 11 1/2in (29cm)
of pronouncedly avian form with long pointed nose or beak, the forehead carved with a three-dimensional image of a crocodile head, several perforations for tassels, the margins
perforated and bound with braided raffia; painted overall with oval designs and geometric patterns in red, black, and white, field collection notes on the reverse.
Provenance:
Collected on the Kaiserin Augusta Fluss Expedition, 1912-13
Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Germany
Ralph Altman, Los Angeles
Jack and Constance Wallinga, Minneapolis, acquired from the above 1956
Exhibited:
St. Paul Science Museum, 1968
of pronouncedly avian form with long pointed nose or beak, the forehead carved with a three-dimensional image of a crocodile head, several perforations for tassels, the margins
perforated and bound with braided raffia; painted overall with oval designs and geometric patterns in red, black, and white, field collection notes on the reverse.
Provenance:
Collected on the Kaiserin Augusta Fluss Expedition, 1912-13
Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Germany
Ralph Altman, Los Angeles
Jack and Constance Wallinga, Minneapolis, acquired from the above 1956
Exhibited:
St. Paul Science Museum, 1968
Saleroom notices
The mask is most likely from the estuary of the Sepik and Ramu, Kopar and surrounding region, where expeditions established camps.
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