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Basketry mask, Saike Tipme, 20th century
Basketry made from the stem of lygodium (a climbing vine), pigment, cassowary feathers and quill, fiber, string
27.9 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm (11.25 x 9.75 x 9 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.423

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Walter Randel Collection, New York." (Catalog #302, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 132.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "This mask is said to have been worn on the back of the head. According to Noel Mc Guigan (personal communication), the blue chalk pigment would suggest it originated near a village with a missionary school, perhaps Jambitanga (Jambitanget), Wombisa, or some of the villages around Kaugiak, Chigiangu, or Kunjingini." (Catalog #302, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 132.)

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