This woven mask was collected in the middle reaches of the Ramu River in the 1970s, but it is considerably older. It is a most unusual mask, made of a shiny black fibre, with square eyes and mouth. Shells, nassa and cowrie, are secured with fibre onto the mask and a beard made of seed tassles hangs from its lower edge. Its use is not clear, but most probably in village ceremony relating to gardens or fertility.