MASK
Lower Sepik river, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
Wood, pigments and fibers
H. 63 cm
Provenance : collected between 1921 and 1927 by American missionary from Iowa Frederick Edward Pietz (1896-1975); Eulalia Muller collection, daughter of F.E. Pietz; private collection, Australia
Old inscription: ‘ F.E. PIETZ LAE, N.G. ’
Date: 19th century – early 20th century
Photo © Hughes Dubois
Date: 19th century – early 20th century
Photo © Hughes Dubois