(CH 345) Small Sepik Mask.
This small mask would have been worn attached to a cane frame covering the wearers upper body. It has a layer of black pigment and traces of white and red still evident with a warm brown patina to exposed areas.
The nose shows a carved version of a multi-layered nose adornment and the forehead has a small three dimensional figure of a bird similar to other Sepik delta masks.
Originally acquired from Konietzko, Hamburg.
Lower Sepik area.
19th / early 20th Century.
Height. 31Cm.

References
Kunst vom Sepik, Vols 1-2 1966. Kelm, H. Berlin.