Mai mask. Carving of a face is oblong and narrow, with a pointed head, a ridge running down forehead, and a prominent nose with a curved nostril free-spanning the lower part of the face. Mask is painted in swirls, short rounded lines, and colour blocks in shades of brown and dark yellow, with white lime pigment in the eye and nose area. Short grass surrounds the jaw as a bushy beard. Shells are inset into mud as eyes and at the top of the head, from which sprout fine cassowary feathers. Plant fibre is looped through the top. Interior of mask is concave.

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• Type of Item mask
• Culture New Guinea
• Material wood, plant fibre, feather, shell, paint, lime mineral, earth
• Measurements height 61.0 cm, width 21.0 cm, depth 10.0 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Lily Mah-Sen
• Received from Lily Mah-Sen

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• Made in East Sepik

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• Ownership Date before March 6, 2017
• Acquisition Date on March 6, 2017

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• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3228/0002