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Rare Kwoma Washkuk Initiation Carving Field Coll 1979

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Rare Kwoma Washkuk Initiation Carving Field Coll 1979

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A rare Washkuk men’s meeting house initiation wood carving, featuring an avian image above a mask face. Painted with mineral pigments. A very heavy dense wood sculpture. Kwoma Washkuk, East Sepik Province, Bangwis Village. Filed collected by John C. Edler, In Papua New Guinea, C. 1978. The mask measures 47 inches tall.

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Rare Kwoma Washkuk Initiation Carving Field Coll 1979

Name: Rare Kwoma Washkuk Initiation Carving Field Coll 1979
SKU: 86518662
Price: 850 USD
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