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#2134 A Witu Islands (French Islands) dancer in full body mask, West New Britain. Early real photo postcard, c 1914-1918 (not postally used, but with provisional British NW Pacific Islands postage stamp, used during this period). Photographer unknown; printed on Kodak Austral card stock. An extremely rare image of this type of mask being worn for ceremony. 137 x 87 mm Superb condition.