Tolai Lor Skull Mask Collected 1879-Bismarck Archipelago-New Guinea Art-Oceanic Art
Tolai Skull Mask, Lor
Duke of York Islands, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea
Collected in 1879, Duke of York Islands
Gustav H. R. von Koenigswald Collection
Galerie Dierking, Zurich
Mid-19th century
9 3/8” (23.7 cm) in height
One of the earliest-collected Lor masks and surely one of the finest.