Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017
Lot 454
A Lower Sepik river mask Papua New Guinea wood
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £280
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Description
A Lower Sepik river mask
Papua New Guinea
wood, of eliptical form, with medial ridge and pointed nose, pigment decoration and with braided fibre border,
46.5cm 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.