Medium iatmul style mask Sepik, Papua New Guinea - Lot 54

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Medium iatmul style mask Sepik, Papua New Guinea - Lot 54
Medium iatmul style mask Sepik, Papua New Guinea Hardwood, old cracked patina. H. 45 cm Mask fitting into an elongated oval. The features worked in relief give the face a captivating force of expressiveness. The elongated nose connected to the eyebrow arches presents disproportionately flat nostrils, which follow the curves of the eyebrow arches, a beautiful plunging triangular shape. The eyes appearing in circular relief, the pupils recessed are whitened. The mouth with its fine lips sketches a broad smile. The long and thin masks of this type are masculine while the rounder and fuller ones are feminine.
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