Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Barak Mask from Kairiru Island
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Barak Mask from Kairiru Island
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Image View:
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Overall three-quarter view
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Creator:
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unknown (Sepik)
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Location:
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repository: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac (Paris, Île-de-France, France) 72.1995.3.1
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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. 19th-20th centuries (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Papua New Guinea; Sepik
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Style Period:
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Nineteenth century; Sepik
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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; traces of black, red, white pigment
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Technique:
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carving (processes); painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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17 cm (height) x 22.7 cm (width) x 47.3 cm (depth)
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Subjects:
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deities; Hunting; Masks; ritual object; Oceanic
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Description:
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A spirit mask which represents a mythical bush spirit called Barak who is called upon for help in both male initiation and hunting. Barak masks exist in male and female form. In the ceremonial house, offerings of magical substances such as coral and tree bark were made to the Barak spirit to spiritually enliven the mask, together with requests for assistance with fishing and hunting. Although rarely danced, each individual mask was known by a unique name and was danced by an initiated male concealed in a plant fiber costume. This example is from Kairuru Island, Wewak (Eastern Sepik), Papua New Guinea. (Source: Le Fur, Yves, ed.; Through the Eyes of Picasso: Face to Face with African and Oceanic Art, Paris: Editions Flammarion, 2017 (978-2-08-020319-9))
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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-BM-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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