Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Chubwan Mask
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Image View:
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Overall view from front
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Creator:
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unknown (Vanuatu)
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Location:
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repository: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac (Paris, Île-de-France, France) 72.1999.7.3
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Location Note:
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From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
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Date:
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ca. 1870-1899 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Melanesian; Vanuatu
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Style Period:
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Nineteenth century; Vanuatu
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Work Type 1:
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ceremonial mask
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Work Type 2:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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wood
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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36.5 cm (height) x 12.5 (width) x 12.3 cm (depth)
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Subjects:
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deities; Masks; ritual object; Oceanic
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Description:
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This chubwan mask is from Ambrym Island or Pentecost Island in Malampa, Vanuatu. Chubwan are carved from hardwood with a domed forehead and pierced septum through a bulbous nose. The nose reveals a long neglected practice on Pentecost of nasal piercing, or it may be a vulgar caricature of people from adjacent islands who continued this practice into the early twentieth century. Very little is actually known about the true purpose of chubwan as tradition associated with this mask ceased long ago. Formerly in the collection of Paul Penot. (Source: National Gallery of Australia (NGA) [website]; https://cs.nga.gov.au/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-AFRICAN-FAFFM-CM-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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