A very good and finely modeled baba tagwa mask which is worn by a guardian of the sacred enclosure where the intiates par-take in the ceremonies that make the young boys into full fledge men.

Abelam People, Maprik Hills, PNG, Melanesia. Basketry and mud.

28 x 40 x 35.5 cm. 20th century. Ex. coll.: the artist Rancillac, AKA “Chassepot”, Paris.