Tribal Art - 2nd September 2015
Lot 672
A Yuat River mask
Estimate £500 - £600 | Hammer £800
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Description
A Yuat River mask, Papua New Guinea, with raised oblong temple panel, with pigment decoration, 33.5cm high.
Provenance
Cyrille Vanheyst, Palm Beach, Sydney.
Cyrille Vanheyst made many trips to New Guinea between 1957 - 1970 in his capacity as a mine engineer advising on several major projects.