Art, Symbol & Imagination
New Guinea Bark-Cloth Mask
A central ridge separates repeated black spirals and broad pale curves across an oval face. The accompanying text identifies painted bark cloth from New Guinea and compares the design with neighboring New Ireland masks.
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Maker and photographer uncredited. "New Guinea Bark-Cloth Mask" [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 86. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/library-0464-084
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Maker and photographer uncredited. New Guinea Bark-Cloth Mask. Masks and Demons. Scan leaf 86. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/library-0464-084