New Guinea Highlands Polychrome Wood Mask

Description:

New Guinea Highlands Polychrome Wood Mask, Eastern Highlands, hollowed-out face mask, with three round holes, for mouth and eyes, the nose applied with clay mastic compound, the front painted in red, yellow, green, and white, with lichen applied around the top and sides, mounted on a metal base, ht. 12, wd. 7 1/4 in.

Provenance: Michael Hamson Oceanic Art, Palos Verdes Estates, California; Sid Rosen Collection, Phoenix, Arizona, acquired in the early 1970s.
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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