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Helmet Mask (tatanua), Northern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, 1884-95 (wood, paint, opercula shells, lime...

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HST169883
Image title
Helmet Mask (tatanua), Northern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, 1884-95 (wood, paint, opercula shells, lime plaster, plant fiber, bark, bark cloth, rattan, and cord) (see also 169883)
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Artist
Oceanic (19th century)
Location
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA
Medium
wood, paint, opercula shells, lime plaster, plant fiber, bark, bark cloth, rattan, and cord
Date
1884 AD - 1895 AD (C19th AD)
Dimensions
38.7x24.1x30.5 cms
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most important ceremony called malanggan; held to commemorate deaths of important people; used by men representing specific ancestors;

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Photo: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston / Museum purchase funded by an anonymous donor / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
carving / melanesian / symbolic / oceania / melanesia / primitive / made for ancestor rites / tribal / south pacific / oceanic / tatuana
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Largest available format 6842 × 8688 px 15 MB
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Large 6842 × 8688 px 579 × 736 mm 15.3 MB
Medium 807 × 1024 px 68 × 87 mm 1.2 MB

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