Lot Essay
Cf. Huffman et al., 1996, p.257, figs. 327 and 328, for two similar masks collected by Felix Speiser between 1910 and 1912 which are now in the Museum für Völkerkunde, Basel.
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FOR THE OLE DANCES, NORTHERN AMBRYM
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A RARE VANUATU MASK
For the Ole dances, Northern Ambrym
The lozenge-shaped palm spathe face painted in green, brown, white and black, applied arched brows and modelled fiber nose, the wood border painted with bands of black triangles on a white ground, fiber fringe, topknot of feathers and fiber
29in. (74cm.) high
For the Ole dances, Northern Ambrym
The lozenge-shaped palm spathe face painted in green, brown, white and black, applied arched brows and modelled fiber nose, the wood border painted with bands of black triangles on a white ground, fiber fringe, topknot of feathers and fiber
29in. (74cm.) high