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"Baining Mask New Brittany Island Papua New Guinea Oceania Primitive Art"

Called “Kavat” Mask in vernacular language Symbol of the forest spirits of the Baining people.
Used during nightly ritual dances. At the end of these ceremonies, these masks are usually burnt.
composed of Tapa (mulberry bark paper stretched over a wicker frame), leaves, plant material, natural pigments.
Papua New Guinea, New Brittany Island, Gazelle Peninsula
Height: 40 cm Width. : 20 cm