Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Barkcloth Dance Mask from Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
Work_PrefTitle
Barkcloth Dance Mask from Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
Preferred Title
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Image View:
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Overall view from the front
Image_Title
Overall view from the front
Image View
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Creator:
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unknown (Papua New Guinea artist)
Agent_Display
unknown (Papua New Guinea artist)
Creator
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Location:
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repository: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac (Paris, Île-de-France, France) 71.1961.59.7
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
repository: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac (Paris, Île-de-France, France) 71.1961.59.7
Location
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Location Note:
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From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
Work_LocationNotes
From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
Location Note
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Date:
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20th century (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
20th century (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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Melanesian; Papua New Guinea
Work_Culture
Melanesian; Papua New Guinea
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Elema
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Elema
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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ceremonial mask
Work_Worktype1
ceremonial mask
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
Work_Classification
Sculpture and Installations
Classification
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Material:
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tapa cloth; wood; pigment; vegetable fiber; feathers
Work_MaterialDisplay
tapa cloth; wood; pigment; vegetable fiber; feathers
Material
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Technique:
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construction (assembling); painting and painting techniques
Work_Technique
construction (assembling); painting and painting techniques
Technique
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Measurements:
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98 cm (height) x 95 cm (width) x 34 cm (depth)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
98 cm (height) x 95 cm (width) x 34 cm (depth)
Measurements
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Subjects:
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decorative arts; Melanesian; Oceanic; ceremonial; ceremonies; dance
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
decorative arts; Melanesian; Oceanic; ceremonial; ceremonies; dance
Subjects
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Description:
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The dance mask has a stylized face resembling a fish head, fins at the bottom. The coarsely worked and whitened tapa is stretched on a light wooden frame, oval at the top and whose flanks are spread at the bottom by transversely attached palm slats. The Elema people inhabit the eastern side of the Papuan Gulf, a 300 mile-long bay. This mask is of the type called 'eharo'. Some eharo masks represent totemic spirits associated with individual clans. Others embody comic social commentary, representing characters or humorous figures from oral traditions. This mask, from Kerema village, is a mask for the clan Misaevo. (Source: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac [website]; http://www.quaibranl y.fr/en/)
Work_Description_Sou rce
The dance mask has a stylized face resembling a fish head, fins at the bottom. The coarsely worked and whitened tapa is stretched on a light wooden frame, oval at the top and whose flanks are spread at the bottom by transversely attached palm slats. The Elema people inhabit the eastern side of the Papuan Gulf, a 300 mile-long bay. This mask is of the type called 'eharo'. Some eharo masks represent totemic spirits associated with individual clans. Others embody comic social commentary, representing characters or humorous figures from oral traditions. This mask, from Kerema village, is a mask for the clan Misaevo. (Source: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac [website]; http://www.quaibranl y.fr/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
LocalCollection
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Collection
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Identifier:
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7A3-AFRICAN-FAFFM-MM P-A01
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A3-AFRICAN-FAFFM-MM P-A01
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Rights
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