Figural helmet mask, once used in ceremonies and rituals by the Small Nimba people on Malekula Island in the South Pacific islands nation of Vanuatu (formerly French New Caledonia), an excellent example made of bush material covered by a packed mud and sap paste for painting with pigment, and with prized pig tusk, the face is very dramatic, with some pink pigment and many white spots, and the attached spirit figure, with thin arms and legs bent, is dramatic and enigmatic, 19"h, Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California Figural