THREE ELABORATE PAPUA NEW GUINEA DANCE MASKS
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THREE ELABORATE PAPUA NEW GUINEA DANCE MASKS
Masks play a significant role in the culture of Papua New Guinea's various tribes, from the honoring of the spirits of ancestors, and the traditions of weddings and coming-of-age rituals, to the tourist-friendly National Dance Festival. Here are three fantastic examples, each of stylized, narrow skulled form, constructed with mud, wattle, and basketry, one human and two animal, decorated with a wide variety of natural objects from seashells of various types, to animal teeth, boar tusks, feathers, straw, and raffia, 28 x 15, 36 x 28, and 34 x 25 inches approximately - a superb trio of highly decorative tribal artifacts.
Masks play a significant role in the culture of Papua New Guinea's various tribes, from the honoring of the spirits of ancestors, and the traditions of weddings and coming-of-age rituals, to the tourist-friendly National Dance Festival. Here are three fantastic examples, each of stylized, narrow skulled form, constructed with mud, wattle, and basketry, one human and two animal, decorated with a wide variety of natural objects from seashells of various types, to animal teeth, boar tusks, feathers, straw, and raffia, 28 x 15, 36 x 28, and 34 x 25 inches approximately - a superb trio of highly decorative tribal artifacts.
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THREE ELABORATE PAPUA NEW GUINEA DANCE MASKS
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