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Mask with shell ornaments, 19th–early 20th century
Wood, ochre pigment, Conus shell discs, fiber
43.2 cm (17 in.)

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "There is a similar mask from Imbuando village in the Musée de l'Homme (now Musée du Quai Branly), Paris, contributed by Roland Bonaparte (MM 87.67.15). A photograph of Marcia Friede holding this mask when we brought it in Paris appears in Volume One, p. 6." (Catalog #107, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 99.)

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