Baining Tapa Mask with Exaggerated Features

Baining ceremonial mask, Northern New Britain, Papua New Guinea,…
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Baining ceremonial mask, Northern New Britain, Papua New Guinea, constructed of a tapa cloth painted in orange and black pigments, the face with exaggerated lip and tongue, length 120 cm height 68 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Ray Hughes

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