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4 Middle Sepik River objects. 20th c.

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20th C. Papua New Guinea Wooden Bird and Mask Figure: Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, mid-20th century CE. A delightful and totemic carving of a large-beaked bird - probably a hornbill - standing on a mask-like human face atop a rounded pede

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Papua New Guinea Sepik River Wood Mask: **Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Iatmul people, ca. 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden face mask, perhaps intended for the dead given the lack of

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Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Sepik Ceramic Mask: **Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Washkuk area, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine low-fired ceramic mask, perhaps of an ancestor, of an ovoid form wit

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Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Washkuk Ceramic Mask: **Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River region, Washkuk area, ca. early 20th century CE. A remarkable redware mask, perhaps representing an ancestor, handmade to fe

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IATMUL (MWAI) MASK: IATMUL (MWAI) MASKPapua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River Region, Iatmul People, first half 20th century. Polychrome decorated carved wood mask having oblong face with elongated zoomorphic nose below a f

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Large Papua New Guinea Plank Face Mask, Iatmul: Papua New Guinea, Mid 20th Century. Made of wood, straw, shell and feather by the Latmul people, Middle Sepik river region, Papua New Guinea. Used as a dance costume or on the wall of a ceremonial hou

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A group of four Middle Sepik River objects. 20th century. Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. ++ A Nogwi Yam festival figure. 44 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 6". ++ Wooden mask. 25 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 3 1/2". ++ Wooden mask with feathers and pigment. 24" x 4" x 4 1/4". ++ Mai mask. Wood, pigment, hair, and shells. 21" x 5 3/4" x 4"

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4 Middle Sepik River objects. 20th c.

Name: 4 Middle Sepik River objects. 20th c.
SKU: 77428070
Price: 325 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $300 - $500

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