Carved wooden mask for Telek dancer. Face painted white with red lips and inside nostrils and inner eyelid, and eyebrows painted black. Pupils multicoloured. Teeth made of shell. Hair is indicated with finely carved grooves painted black on which five gold coloured jewelled ornaments are affixed. Carved from pule wood. Signed inside. Rubber strap affixed at both sides at the rear.
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