Alan Kessler Gallery

A Polychrome Wood Eskimo Mask King Island

A portrait mask with a semi-circular coiffure parted in the center, painted black. Eyebrows painted with black pigment, eyes cut out. Nose carved in relief with red lips and off-white teeth. Minor paint loss.

height 8 1/2 inches, width 5 3/4

Circa 1900

Provenance: 

A Midwest Private Collection

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