Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017
Lot 507
‡ A Torres Strait mourner's mask Papua New Guinea turtleshell
Estimate £10,000 - £15,000 | Hammer £9800
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Description
‡ 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.