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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 1592022, member: 45"]The second mask is from the Middle Sepik River region of PNG. where the cowrie shell eyes, rather than actual eye holes, are commonly used. </p><p><br /></p><p>Although they do make carved decorative shields and boards (usually larger than this), that are similar, for their ceremonial houses, this was probably carved for the tourist trade, rather than for their own use, since it has a hole to hang it from, and it is more a mask-sized wall decoration since it isn't carved out in back to fit over a face.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 1592022, member: 45"]The second mask is from the Middle Sepik River region of PNG. where the cowrie shell eyes, rather than actual eye holes, are commonly used. Although they do make carved decorative shields and boards (usually larger than this), that are similar, for their ceremonial houses, this was probably carved for the tourist trade, rather than for their own use, since it has a hole to hang it from, and it is more a mask-sized wall decoration since it isn't carved out in back to fit over a face.[/QUOTE]
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