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Lot 152 Dα

A MEI MASK

Auction 1045 - overview Brussels
27.01.2015, 14:00 - African and Oceanic Art
Estimate: 3.000 € - 5.000 €

A MEI MASK
Sepik River, New Guinea

The whitened heart-shaped face with long nose terminating in a bird’s head, boar’s tusks inserted in the septum, cowrie-inlaid eyes, the face extensively inset with nassa, cowry and conus shells, the lower border with inset tufts of human hair, dark patina.
73 cm. high