Funerary mask, a sarcophagus edge. From Bahau, Dayak, East Kalimantan, Borneo.

The anthropomorphic face, the ancestor’s spirit, represents a triangular face with strongly sculpted brow bones, large spherical eyes, a long flat nose, and a dimaond-shaped checkered mouth designed to chase away evil spirits.

Second half of the 20th century.

Height 33 cm, width 20 cm – 13″ x 7.9″

On a base.