‡ A Torres Strait mourner's mask Papua New Guinea turtleshell

‡ A Torres Strait mourner's mask

Papua New Guinea

turtleshell, the narrowing curved face with pierced eyes and and filed teeth with an applied hooked nose, the base with a scratched circle and V, the beard formed by two rows of pierced and worked triangle panels with applied feathers, the back with a bound chin support,

27.5cm high, on a stand.

Provenance

Dr Vanparijs, Belgium.