Mask for Malagan Ceremony, New Ireland

Mask for Malagan Ceremony
New Ireland
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Height: 14 ½ in (36.8 cm)

Condition Report:
The wood mask in very good condition for an object of this age and type with no breaks or restoration. Some water damage to the proper left side of the forehead, which has washed out some pigment. Some minor marks, nicks, scratches, and scuffs in places. The headdress intact but fragile, dry, and with some areas of loss, as visible in the catalogue illustration.

Provenance:
J. Camp Associates, New York
Abraham Rosman and Paula Rubel, New York, acquired from the above on November 12, 1983