Bidspirit auction | Lower Sepik River Mask, Kaup,

Lower Sepik River Mask, Kaup, Murik Lakes region - Mask (Flute Mask) with small ears Locale: Lower Sepik River, Kaup (Murik Lakes) Country: Papua New Guinea Date: 1936 or earlier Material: Wood, Pigment Dimensions: H 11” 28 cm x W 6” / 15 cm Technique: Carved Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection Similar items: American Museum of Natural History - Division of Anthropology, 80/8902 https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%208902 The catalog explains that this kind of mask would have been used and worn by children in a 'devil' dance. 2015 Myth + Magic Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. https://nga.gov.au/exhibition/MythMagic/Default.cfm?IRN=240759&MnuID=3&ViewID=2