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Lot 68
  • 68

Masque Tatanua , Nouvelle-Irlande, Archipel de Bismark

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Masque Tatanua
  • wood and pigments; Turbo seal
  • haut. 37 cm
  • 14 1/2 in

Provenance

Joel Cooner, Dallas
Herma Visser, acquis en 1995
Collection privée européenne 

Exhibited

Galerie Visser, Amsterdam, Melanésian Art, Septembre 2008

Literature

Visser, Melanesian Art, 2008, p. 26 et 33, n°d

Condition

Good condition overall, particulary for a New Ireland object. Wear consistent with age and use within the culture. Polychromy of the piece is well preserved with a few tiny losses and dents. It shows trace of wear and rubbing consistent with cultural use of the mask.
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