Lower Sepik River Mask, Kaup, Murik Lakes region
Mask (Flute Mask) with small ears
Locale: Lower Sepik River, Kaup (Murik Lakes)
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood, Pigment
Dimensions: H 11" 28 cm x W 6" / 15 cm
Technique: Carved
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Similar items:
American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology, 80/8902
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%208902
The catalog explains that this kind of mask would have been used and worn by children in a 'devil' dance.
2015 Myth + Magic Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
https://nga.gov.au/exhibition/MythMagic/Default.cfm?IRN=240759&MnuID=3&ViewID=2
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Mask (Flute Mask) with small ears
Locale: Lower Sepik River, Kaup (Murik Lakes)
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood, Pigment
Dimensions: H 11" 28 cm x W 6" / 15 cm
Technique: Carved
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Similar items:
American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology, 80/8902
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%208902
The catalog explains that this kind of mask would have been used and worn by children in a 'devil' dance.
2015 Myth + Magic Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
https://nga.gov.au/exhibition/MythMagic/Default.cfm?IRN=240759&MnuID=3&ViewID=2
