African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28th April 2022
Lot 1294
A Mesingi hook mask
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £30
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Description
A Mesingi hook mask
Ramu River, Papua New Guinea
with pigment,
50.5cm high,
and a Sepik mei mask, with cowrie shell eyes, 35.5cm high. (2)
Provenance
Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands in Israel.
Mesingi mask collected 1978, mei mask collected 1975.