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Frontal view of the upright figure, two socket-like cavities above a row of wooden points resembling fangs, work by Robert Bibeau

The Mask

Wooden root and burl, with a metal wire on the back for hanging. The raw matter forms an open maw with sharp points.

The Mask, standing on a slatted chair against a white roughcast wall: bumpy burl at the top, a branch reaching left, pierced snout at the centre, a row of wooden teeth below, lower part reaching down to the seat
The Mask at a three-quarter angle, standing on the slatted chair: the branch points toward the camera, the snout hole reads from the side, the burl fills the top of the frame, small green plants behind the chair leg, roughcast wall behind
The Mask, laid flat on a pale tarp and seen from above: bumpy burl at the top, a horizontal branch reaching left, a snout pierced by a round hole above a row of wooden points, red-brown surface marked with black
The Mask seen from the back, standing on the slatted chair: metal wire stretched between two rings across the piece, smooth orange-brown surface, tooth points showing at the middle, two wooden extensions running downward, roughcast wall behind
The Mask, close view of the back of the piece: the hanging wire runs from ring to ring up to a rounded knob at right, wooden teeth point between two cavities, two parallel branches run down to the chair slats
The Mask, close view from above: a large dark cavity in a rounded mass at right, a smaller hollow at centre, two wooden points at upper left, twisted metal wire ending in a loop at lower left, cracked red-brown surface
Red-brown wooden root sculpture, profile of an open maw with dark cavities, mounted on a black metal rod
Tight detail of the open maw, openwork wooden points and the black metal support rod behind.
The wood root laid flat, three-quarter view, showing a burl growth and a central tubular cavity.
Root and burl piece in pale wood streaked with indigo, propped against a whitewashed brick wall, a closed loop of wood at its centre and root ends tapering to points along the lower edge
Close view of the knotted burl and blackened trunk, a white stone wedged into a fork of the wood with a monarch butterfly resting on it, wings folded, against a blurred red canvas and a pale wall