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Miniature mask, 19th–early 20th century
Wood, pigment
7.6 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm (3 x 2 x 2 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.410

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Carlebach Gallery Collection, New York." (Catalog #97, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 97.) EXHIBITIONS: 1953 - de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, 1953, "Art of the South Pacific Islands." PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "These masks often decorated bush string or basketry bags called bilums (Melanesian Pidgin). They were used by men to carry personal ornaments, magical substances, stimulants, and, in the case of elder men, betel mortars. See pl. 42." (Catalog #97, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 97.) 1953 - Wingert, 1953, fig. 27.

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