
Hand-carved wooden mask from the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea, featuring distinctive black and cream tribal designs and natural animal hair for the eyebrows, mustache, and beard. Masks like this one were traditionally associated with initiation ceremonies, harvest rituals, and ancestral veneration. Carved from a single block of wood with detailed features and painted with natural and pigment-based colors. 12"tall × 7" wide × 6.
Materials: Wood, pigment, animal hair. Condition: Very good vintage condition with minor surface wear and small edge scuffs consistent with age.