Helmet mask once used in ceremonies and rituals by the Small Namba 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 additions surmounted by three vertical tubes, 28"h, Provenance: Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California