Lower Sepik River Mask, Kopar / Angoram Style
Carved Wooden Mask with very long, pointed nose. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this kind of mask with its long, pointed beak-like nose is typical of Lower Sepik art, specifically of the Kopar / Angoram people, and depicts powerful spirits.
Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood, Pigment
Dimensions: H 37"x W 9 1/2"
Technique: Carved
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Similar items:
2015 Myth + Magic, Art of the Sepik River. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
https://nga.gov.au/exhibition/MythMagic/Default.cfm?IRN=249111&MnuID=3&ViewID=2
The Met Museum
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313079
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Joseph N. Field Expedition 1909-1913, item 140947. (Source: 1971 Wardwell, Alan The Art of the Sepik River. Art Institute of Chicago, page 17.)Please Note: Tip of nose was damaged slightly during preview.
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Carved Wooden Mask with very long, pointed nose. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this kind of mask with its long, pointed beak-like nose is typical of Lower Sepik art, specifically of the Kopar / Angoram people, and depicts powerful spirits.
Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Wood, Pigment
Dimensions: H 37"x W 9 1/2"
Technique: Carved
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Similar items:
2015 Myth + Magic, Art of the Sepik River. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
https://nga.gov.au/exhibition/MythMagic/Default.cfm?IRN=249111&MnuID=3&ViewID=2
The Met Museum
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313079
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Joseph N. Field Expedition 1909-1913, item 140947. (Source: 1971 Wardwell, Alan The Art of the Sepik River. Art Institute of Chicago, page 17.)Please Note: Tip of nose was damaged slightly during preview.
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