Sepik River, 19th to 20th Century AD A sublime painted and shell eye mask made from a cassowary birds sternum bone. 9-1/2 inches L. 12 inches on base. Ex lifetime Coll of Drs. Saul Tuttman & Gregory Siskind, NYC...
The Azande were prolific potters for centuries before the arrival of Europeans in the 19th century. Their lands in the transition zone between the Congo basin and the upper Nile made them middle men between Arab traders from the north with their bead..