Art, Symbol & Imagination
Four-Faced Spirit Mask from the New Hebrides
Several faces meet beneath a high irregular crest pierced by many small openings. The source identifies bark cloth and mud and gives the origin as the New Hebrides, the islands now called Vanuatu.
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Maker and photographer uncredited. "Four-Faced Spirit Mask from the New Hebrides" [editorial title]. In Masks and Demons, Kenneth Macgowan; with Herman Rosse’s theatrical research and line drawings. Harcourt, Brace edition, 1923, 1923, Harcourt, Brace and Company. Source scan leaf 54. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/library-0464-052
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Maker and photographer uncredited. Four-Faced Spirit Mask from the New Hebrides. Masks and Demons. Scan leaf 54. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/library-0464-052