VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A SEPIK MEI MASK, of oval form with protruding forehead, exaggerated septum extending to chin with avian attachment, inlaid with cowrie and other shells, two curved small tusks from nostrils, heavily encrusted surface-30½in. (77cm.) high
Details
A SEPIK MEI MASK, of oval form with protruding forehead, exaggerated septum extending to chin with avian attachment, inlaid with cowrie and other shells, two curved small tusks from nostrils, heavily encrusted surface-30½in. (77cm.) high
Literature
Illustrated in Primitive Art of New Guinea, Sepik River Basin, by Sava Maksic and Paul Meskil, Davis Publications, Inc., Worcester, MA., 1973.