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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 3027717, member: 8267&quot;]I am not sure about this one, but I am pretty sure it is not from the Pacific. It has many features that make me think it might be a Makonde carving from East Africa. They make surprisingly bizarre carvings, combining features of human and animal in strange, caricature ways. They work in ebony/African blackwood. Some of the details I see that fit into the Makonde style are the big teeth and big ears:</p><p><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcRKPjl844R9A_YZyvmj2fglWRNsHbfU9QkUzg&amp;usqp=CAU" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcR8ZbAeLNjeMtILdGjG6bixFJPQ9Nv7fHhVDw&amp;usqp=CAU" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(the painted one by George Lilanga)</p><p><br /></p><p>The simple incised lines and triangles, and the indication of a cap or hairline on the head:</p><p><img src="https://www.blackwoodconservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Lipiko-Mask-SZ.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.blackwoodconservation.org/makonde-art/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.blackwoodconservation.org/makonde-art/" rel="nofollow">https://www.blackwoodconservation.org/makonde-art/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And more general African features - in profile, the face looks like a depiction of a baboon. And the large behind may be a caricature of a characteristic known as steatopygia, seen in some South African groups.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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