Sketch of Sulka Mask, Melanesia, 1900-1910
Fiber structure covered with pith, feathers and pieces of wood
Drawn at the Field Museum, Chicago
Pencil on paper
7″ x 5″
© 1991 Marilyn Fenn

Class notes, from Advanced Drawing with Barbara Rossi, SAIC, 1991

Basil, switzerland – Folk Museum – tradition of Carnival prior to Lent; also South Am., Mexico, New Orleans.

• Plant form growing out of nose
• Animal head-masks
• Pig-tail nose
• Skull-mask – design fashion

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