Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025

Lot 95

An Iatmul Mei mask

Estimate £600 - £700

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Description

An Iatmul Mei mask
by Roland Maein, Tambunam Village, Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
wood, clay, shells, cassowary feathers, fibre, the curved face with inset eyes, a long tongue under the longer scroll nose with a crocodile head terminal,
69cm long.

Provenance
Presented in 1979 to Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of the Solomon Islands in Israel.