Lower Sepik River Ancestor Mask - #9280 $165.00

Most masks in New Guinea are not worn over the face but are hung in or outside ceremonial men’s houses or attached to large dance costumes. They can depict sprits or family, clan, & tribal ancestors-often with totemic animals on the forehead or chin. This one has a bird on the forehead. This mask is painted with clay and vegetable-based colors and trimmed with rattan and grass. It is 19.5 inches tall by 16 inches wide Ancestor Mask, Angoram Village, lower Sepik River, Papua New Guinea.