Sold for:
$1,880
$1,880
New Guinea Carved Wood Mask, Sepik River, the hollowed oval form with a stylized beard pierced for suspensions, pierced heart-shaped mouth, nose with flared nostrils and metal ring, inlaid round shell eyes, the upper rim with large holes for suspensions, covered with red pigment, traces of kaolin, ht. 14 in. Provenance: Collected during the 1889 Oklahoma land rush by Fred H. Reed and descended in family.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-01-29
