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Description

Animal mask with pointed, flat face, and two small antlers protruding from forehead. Face is dark brown, with a long snout, and black painted nose; nostrils indented along bottom edge of nose. Tongue is sticking out underneath nostrils. Edges of eyes are carved in relief, with cut outs on either side of the pupil. Indented ovals carved along sides of face, imitating ears. Forehead, sides, and chin of mask are covered in grey-brown fur; secured with nails. Holes drilled into either side of mask, below ears, with plant fibre rigging knotted through them. Interior is hollow.

Narrative

Purchased by Frank Mayrs in the 1960s-1970s from shops and artists.

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