Toy ball

Ball made of solid pith?, coated with gesso and set with thin strips of reed in a lozenge pattern: Ancient Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, c.1550-1069 BC

Mask

Triangular mask of mixed clay and vegetable fibre, painted, on a background of strips of pith, with large drooping nose: Melanesian, Vanuatu, Malekula, mid to late 19th century