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Mask, 19th–early 20th century
Wood, pigment, including Rickett's Blue laundry bluing, glass ring eyes, rattan
41.2 cm (16 1/4 in.)

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Néprajzi Múseum, Budapest; Lucien van de Velde Collection, Antwerp." (Catalog #81, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 95.) EXHIBITIONS: 1974 - Société Générale de Banque, Brussels, 1974, "Masques du Monde." PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "The horizontal stick behind the mask was held in the mouth of the dancer. European decorative elements were often applied to New Guinea ceremonial objects, both for their striking artistic contribution and because they were thought to convey the powerful magic of the Europeans to the object in question." (Catalog #81, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 95.) 1974 - Clarehout, 1974, no. 104.

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