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TATANUA
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a new ireland malangan mask
tatanua
the pierced eyes inset with shell operculae, pierced nostrils and mouth, the latter with carved and painted teeth, The face with finely incised ornament embellished with blue, red and white pigment, the ears with long pierced lobes, the coiffure with central fibre crest flanked on one side by twisted fibre strands and on the other with whitened panel
36cm. high
tatanua
the pierced eyes inset with shell operculae, pierced nostrils and mouth, the latter with carved and painted teeth, The face with finely incised ornament embellished with blue, red and white pigment, the ears with long pierced lobes, the coiffure with central fibre crest flanked on one side by twisted fibre strands and on the other with whitened panel
36cm. high