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A NEW IRELAND TATANUA MASK
New Ireland
The pierced protuberant mouth with painted teeth, pierced septum to the nose, the eyes inset with shell operculae, painted all over with motifs in red, white and black, pierced panel above for attachment of coiffure.
6½ in. (17 cm.) high
Provenance
Lemaire Gallery, Amsterdam, 1967

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