A pair of Sepik Bird masks, Lower Sepik/ Sepik Plains; Papua New Guinea
The matched pair of masks depicting birds with long beaks and likely gendered male and female; one with a larger more bulbous forehead and wider beak, the other with a narrower beak and smaller forehead as well as a serrated perimeter. Nice variegated patinas with highlights of pigment. H. 16" each
Comments: Property of a Midwestern private collector