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A Sepik carved mask, Papua New Guinea, a ancestor mask carved…
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A Sepik carved mask, Papua New Guinea, a ancestor mask carved from a single piece of wood. Coloured black and decorated with red and white pigment. This mask would have been mounted at the front or the interior of a men's house. This mask is an embodiment of a ancestral spirit, it gives a tangible form to an invisible being. Height 64 cm, width 20 cm, depth 14 cm
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