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Mask, 19th–early 20th century
Wood, encurstations, traces of pigment
60 cm (23 5/8 in.)

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Robert Burawoy Collection, Paris." (Catalog #133, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 103.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "This heavy mask may have been worn using a conical basketry frame. A few recent versions of the mask have been on the market in the past several years, possibly a result of its having been published in Malcolm Kirk's book." (Catalog #133, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 103.) 1981 - Kirk, 1981, pl. 121.

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