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A FINE NEW CALEDONIA MASK
With projecting almond-shaped eyes below arched brows, large bulbous nose, the upturned mouth pierced and with carved teeth in the upper and lower jaws, native fiber repairs to cracks, pierced about the border and through the tapered panel above for attachment of costume, dark patina with some black gum encrustation
19½in. (49.5cm.) high
With projecting almond-shaped eyes below arched brows, large bulbous nose, the upturned mouth pierced and with carved teeth in the upper and lower jaws, native fiber repairs to cracks, pierced about the border and through the tapered panel above for attachment of costume, dark patina with some black gum encrustation
19½in. (49.5cm.) high
Provenance
Everett Rassiga