NEW GUINEA PAINTED BLACK, OCHRE AND CREAM COWRY SHELL AND TEXTILE INSET CERAMIC ANIMAL MASK: Of elongated ovoid form, with incurvate facial features and flared nostrils, ovoid eyes inset with cowry shells, and a pendent curved beak issuing from the nose and cheeks, terminating in an animal's head with cowry shell eyes, the whole inset with cowry shells, the ears strung with sisal, and strung for hanging, labeled ''Mai mask, Yentchen'', 16 1/2'' h.
CONDITION: In good condition with some abrasions.