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Mask, 19th century
Bark cloth, split cane, rattan, bindings, feathers, pigment
71.1 x 43.2 x 45.7 cm (28 x 17 x 18 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.149

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Found in an "old English Country House" by Peter Adler and Pierre Loos." (Catalog #445, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 159.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "The openwork crest has been repaired. The design around the eye and on the cheek (see Newton, 1961, fig. 205 for a similar design on a mask) appears to be a local, perhaps clan-specific, style characteristic and distinguishes this mask from the eharo masks of the Elema, the eastern neighbors of the Namau. The high, almost triangular headdress is a variation within the group of eharo masks (cf. Mamiya and Sumnkik, 1982, figs. 11 and 23). See also pl. 433." (Catalog #445, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 159.)

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