Painted Mask with Beard

Painted Mask with Beard

Very high forehead carved and painted with circular and curved lines in red, white and ochre; over a large brow with deeply recessed eyes of conch shells; large narrow nose and wide open mouth cut through and surrounded by two rows of tiny shells; a bearded chin is accented by 2 rows of tiny shells encased in mud. Face is painted white and outlined in red ochre stripes.

08271998

Wood
Raffia
Shells
Fibre
Pigment

1998.23

New Guinea

22 ½” H x 13” W