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Sepik River Mask with Rattan

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Start price: $2,000

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Sepik River Mask pointed nose with slits, some original yellow pigment, original woven rattan decor on one side

Similar mask was given as a gift by Louis Pierre Ledoux to the American Museum of Natural History – Division of Anthropology

Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood, Pigment, Rattan
Dimensions: H 18"/ 46 cm x W 8"/20 cm
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection

Similar item:
American Museum of Natural History – Division of Anthropology, 80/8898
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%208898