Puppet – Malekula Island, Vanuatu Archipelago

Puppet mask - Malekula Island, Vanuatu archipelago Very beautiful and rare puppet head from Malekula Island formed by over-modeling of vegetable paste, wood, pig's teeth, pigments, spider webs and vegetable fibers. Beautiful old polychromy. Accident (depression) to the eyebrow arch.
REGION: Malekula Island, Vanuatu archipelago. South Pacific
MATERIAL: vegetable pulp, wood, pig's teeth, pigments, cobwebs and plant fibers
PERIOD: 20th century
HEIGHT OF THE MASK WITHOUT THE SPIDER WEB: approximately 19.5 cm
WIDTH OF THE MASK WITHOUT THE SPIKES: 16 cm
(Base included)

inventory number: OC027