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A fine and rare Vanuatu Malekula Island mask, Temes nevimbure,…
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Auckland
Date:
14-Jul-2011
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A fine and rare Vanuatu Malekula Island mask, Temes nevimbure, wood, vegetable paste, spider?s web and pigs tusks. The abstract human face with a broad open mouth with pig?s tusks issuing from the cheeks, painted in red, black and white mineral pigment with attached smoked, finely meshed spider?s web 230 x 17 cm A similar example illustrated in Oceanic Art by Anthony J.P. Meyer, p. 426
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Unclassified