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THBLower Sepik River Mask, Kopar / Angoram Style
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LiveNov 16, 2021
Adventurer, Academic, Industrialist: Louis Pierre Ledoux 1936 New Guinea Expedition In early 1936, on recommendation by American anthropologist Margaret Mead, Louis Pierre Ledoux, headed to the lower eastern Sepik River of Papua New Guinea to study the Murik people. Willow Auction House jill@willowauctionhouse.com
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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: CarvedProvenance: 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=2The Met Museum
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313079Field 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 slightly damaged during preview. - Buyer's Premium
