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THBEarly 20th C. PNG Painted Wood Ancestor Mask
Lot 105
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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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By Artemis Gallery
Sep 13, 2018
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2018-09-13 10:00:00
2018-09-13 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : Ancient | Asian | Ethnographic - Fall Variety
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Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Lower Ramu River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A large and lovely ancestor mask, hand-carved from hard wood, with an expressive tribal visage. The elongated mask displays a pair of ovoid eyes with drilled pupils which flank the top of an enormous curved nose accentuated with additional red pigment. Contoured, orange-painted cheeks droop downwards towards a black-hued mouth and chin, forming a dark "beard" around the petite mouth. A triangular brow line is painted in similar black pigment and terminates in a small, perforated crest perhaps meant for additional ornamentation. A periphery of segmented triangular notches are carved from ear to ear along the cheeks and chin with a row of perforations behind to which a larger textile costume can be secured. Representative of an ancestral figure, this is a wonderful example from Papua New Guinea! Custom museum-quality display stand included. Size: 9.7" W x 24.25" H (24.6 cm x 61.6 cm); 28.5" H (72.4 cm) on included custom stand.
Provenance: ex-collection of the late Peter Arnovick, San Francisco, California, USA
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#136100Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age, small nicks to notched peripheral band, nose, eyes, ears, and brow, with fading and darkening to pigmentation, and some light roughness within verso, otherwise intact and very good. Nice earthen deposits and traces of pigmentation throughout.Condition
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