Canoe-head mask, New Guinea.

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Canoe-head mask, New Guinea. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Canoe-head mask, representing a tribal ancestor, hung on a screen placed in the bow of a canoe. Iatmul people, Sepik River, New Guinea. In the exhibition of The Medicine of Aboriginal Peoples in the British Commonwealth.

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