MARINE SHELL MASK
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   This marine shell mask does not have very good

facial features. The maker seems to have had a

more stylized version of a face in mind. It does

have a long narrow nose carved in relief and two

perforated  holes for eyes. There is also a step

design cut out on the edge that gives the upper

area more space to represent the hair and ears.

This mask has a considerable amount of red ochre

smeared on the back. Some of which seems to

have been applied with finger tips. There are some

bare patches where samples were taken for lab

analysis. It measures 6 5/16 inches (16 cm) long

and 6 3/8 inches (16.2 cm) wide.

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