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Mask, Tago, 19th century
Coconut bast, fern material, rattan frame, string, pigment, trade cloth
75 x 32 x 34 cm (29 1/2 x 12 5/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.91

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Collected by Lajos Biró in 1898-99. Néprajzi Múseum, Budapest (64278)." (Catalog #374, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 146.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "I purchased this piece, sight unseen, from Emile de la Taille on the recommendation of Michael Kan. Once again, I wish to thank them both. (P.S. "Sight unseen" is usually a very bad idea!) This type of mask made of coconut bast but with a wooden nose combines the coconut bast mask tradition of New Britain with the wooden mask tradition of New Guinea mainland. A detailed description of these masks' use, meaning, and context is provided in Smidt, 1990, cat. 118." (Catalog #374, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 146.)

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