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An Ancestral Mask

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Description

An ancestral mask, Murik Lakes, Papua New Guinea, field collected by Bruce D. Lawes, who thought it was created for indigenous use in the 1940s-1950s, having very faint traces of red and yellow pigments and once-sticky resin, good patina of use on its hanging hook at top, 19.5"h Provenance: B. Lawes, Milton Sikes Gallery, Gregory Ghent, since late 1960s in the collection of the late Dr. John and Dianne Anderson

Condition

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An Ancestral Mask

Name: An Ancestral Mask
SKU: 156725814
Price: 350 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $600 - $800

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