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THB20th C. Papua New Guinea Iatmul Wood & Reed Gable Mask
Lot 260
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik River region, Iatmul peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. An enormous gable mask composed of tightly woven reed fibers wrapped around a sturdy superstructure formed from bent wooden poles and covered with a stretched fabric lining that is painted white with streaks of blue and red accents. The face features a looped nose with several coil-ended wooden ornaments, a wide mouth full of bared fangs, openwork circular eyes reinforced with additional reed fibers, bulging cheeks, and protruding forehead, and a wrapped headband. Masks like this example are part of an important ceremony for initiated men. The mask is tied to a gable inside of a ceremonial ancestral hut to represent the face of the "primordial female ancestor," and the structure itself is representative of her body. Size: 22" L x 41.5" W x 36.9" H (55.9 cm x 105.4 cm x 93.7 cm).
For an example of a man wearing a gable mask similar to this example, please see: Meyer, Anthony J.P. "Oceanic Art." Koneman Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Koln, 1995, p. 226, fig. 237.
Provenance: private Tucson, Arizona, USA collection, acquired between 1950 and 1985
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#148906Losses to areas of some reed fibers, wooden rods, and cloth cover on front as shown. Fading to areas of original pigment, with some splintered areas, and fraying to some areas of cloth. Nice earthen deposits and patina throughout.Condition
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