A Bioma head fragment

A Bioma head fragment

Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea

with pigment, the back numbered 155,

20.7cm high,

a Papua New Guinea woven fibre hat with an applied animal skull and cowrie shells, 17cm high, an Indonesian animal pelvis bone mask with a clay nose and mouth and animal hair moustache and beard, 36cm long and an Indonesian bovine skull mask with carved decoration and a male and female carved to the horn terminals, 38cm high. (4)

Provenance

Werner Forman Collection (1921 - 2010)