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Miniature mask, 19th–early 20th century
Coconut shell
12.7 x 7.6 x 2.5 cm (5.25 x 3 x 1.75 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.409

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Robert Emile Bouchard Collection, Montreuil, France." (Catalog #101, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 98.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "Christin Kocher Schmid in Greub 1985: 188 states, "Small masks of carved and decorated coconut are reported from the Iatmul territory and from the Keram River." In other places, such as Abelam and Wosera, comparable objects were used as cups in the ceremonial context of male initiation." (Catalog #101, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 98.)

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