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A NEW IRELAND TATANUA MASK
The pierced red, black and white painted face with inset operculae eyes and pierced long ear lobes, surmounted by an extensive headdress with plastered red fabric to one side, and twisted fibres strands on a red fabric to the other, centered by a fibre crest, on a later rectangular stained wood base with support, restored breaks and losses to the mask
17 in. (43 cm.) high, 15 in. (38 cm.) deep, the mask
The pierced red, black and white painted face with inset operculae eyes and pierced long ear lobes, surmounted by an extensive headdress with plastered red fabric to one side, and twisted fibres strands on a red fabric to the other, centered by a fibre crest, on a later rectangular stained wood base with support, restored breaks and losses to the mask
17 in. (43 cm.) high, 15 in. (38 cm.) deep, the mask