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PNG Gable Mask Sawos people, Upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, Oceania 39 inches, bark, eyes, mouth and nose of woven fiber, cassowary feathers around edges Gable masks are placed over the doorway on the house front to protect the house from spirits that can cause illness, loss, and do mischief. This particular mask is from Torembi, a village in the middle Sepik area inhabited by the Sawos tribe. A large and dramatic mask, it was used to illustrate the cover of "Masks from Around the World."
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