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Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, Jul 15, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 396

Papua New Guinea Cowrie Shell Mask

Estimate: $200 - $400

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carved wooden face with elongated nose and spiked tusks, with cowrie shells, fiber hair, beard and face painted with black and white pigment, hanging rope attached to back, 26 x 7-1/4 x 5 in.

Provenance: Collection of Dr. Allen Grimes, Lexington, Kentucky

Condition

missing piece on top of forehead, wear to wood, detached cowrie shells throughout

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