12-14-202012-15-2020
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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
December 14, 2020 12:00 PMCalender
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Tolai Mask, Lor

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Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 3536BLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: December 14, 2020 12:00PM

Description:

Tolai Mask, Lor, Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, hollowed-out face mask, with elongated nose above a smiling mouth, with slit eyes below a horizontally cut brow, painted white, with fiber attachments for hair and beard, and rattan head attachment, ht. 10 1/2, wd. 6 in.

Provenance: Private collection, Los Angeles, California.
Estimate $1,200-1,800


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Keywords

Los Angeles, Papua New Guinea