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Iatmul Mask, Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Ending from 21 July 2025, 12:00 PDT
Online, Los Angeles

Lot to be sold without reserve

US$2,000 - US$3,000

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Iatmul Mask, Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

mwai
Wood, wild boar tusks, shell, hair, natural pigments
Height 26 3/8in (67cm)

Provenance
Philip and Rosalind Goldman Collection, London, 1970s
Serge Brignoni Collection, Berne
Charles-Edouard Duflon, Geneva
Swiss Private Collection

Of archetypal form with a broad forehead extending over sunken eyes; flared nostrils housing boar's tusks, an arched element extending downwards over the pursed lips and connecting to the chin with an avian-form element extending downwards; the face bordered by shells adhered with hardened earthenware and highlighted with red and black pigment with linear designs enhancing the mask's overall mysterious presence.

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