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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 9612271, member: 45"]I'd say Papua New Guinea, Tambunum (various spellings) Village, based on the type of cowrie shells used, the tusks, the style of the nose carving, and the fact that <u>The Artifacts and Crafts of Papua New Guinea</u> shows a very similar mask (but without the little faces on the top) with the rounded mouth (on your second mask) featured as #16 on page 5. The mask shown also has the slanted eyes of your first mask. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also agree that they are fairly recent, and of decorative value only.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 9612271, member: 45"]I'd say Papua New Guinea, Tambunum (various spellings) Village, based on the type of cowrie shells used, the tusks, the style of the nose carving, and the fact that [U]The Artifacts and Crafts of Papua New Guinea[/U] shows a very similar mask (but without the little faces on the top) with the rounded mouth (on your second mask) featured as #16 on page 5. The mask shown also has the slanted eyes of your first mask. I also agree that they are fairly recent, and of decorative value only.[/QUOTE]
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