Property of MR. and MRS. STANLEY MARCUS
A NEW IRELAND MASK, tatuana
Details
A NEW IRELAND MASK, tatuana
The mask with broad curved brow and nose, projecting rectangular mouth, the eyes, nostrils and mouth pierced, the eyes with opercula shell inlays, painted in red and black bands on white ground, surmounted with a crest of lime, vegetable fibers and red trade cloth, 16in. (40.6cm.) high
The mask with broad curved brow and nose, projecting rectangular mouth, the eyes, nostrils and mouth pierced, the eyes with opercula shell inlays, painted in red and black bands on white ground, surmounted with a crest of lime, vegetable fibers and red trade cloth, 16in. (40.6cm.) high
Provenance
Julius Carlebach, New York