Post #494424 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Wed, Nov 18, 2009 12:16 AM

Some more images of that Tami Island mask:

This from a Bishop Museum booklet:

This is an old postcard from the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. The mask on the "Primitive Art" dust-jacket and this mask appear to be the same.

PAINTED WOODEN MASK - HUON GULF, NEW GUINEA (MELANESIA). Hall A. Native people of Rock Island and Tami Island used masks of this kind in puberty ceremonies.