An old and beautiful mask characteristic of this corpus, a complete specimen in its construction. Another exemplary specimen of this type of miniature mask, also collected by P. Langlois and M. Évrard, is in the former René and Odette Delenne collection (see Christie's sale 2 / 12 / 2021 lot 49). Adjora or Aion people, Porapora River region, East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea Bone (frontal section of a pig skull), plant fibers and cassowary feathers, old dry patina. H. 25 cm approximately without feathers Provenance: - Collected by Pierre Langlois and Marcel Évrard in 1959-60 - Former collection of Marcel Évrard