A FINE NEW GUINEA MASK

Cf. a similar mask collected on the Yuat River by Merk-Ikier in 1928 now in the Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, illustrated by Kelm. H., Kunt von Sepik III, Berlin, 1968, no.209

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Saleroom Notice

Please note that the provenance of this lot should read: Collected on the voyage of La Korrigane, 1935. The mask was purchased by Ch. van den Broek in the village of Magondo in September of that year. It is not from George Heye, New York.