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Male spirit dance mask   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Kabriman Village, Blackwater River Basin, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Title
Male spirit dance mask
Description
A Male spirit dance mask in the permanent collection of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Date between 1960 and 1973
date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1960-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1973-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Woven fiber
institution QS:P195,Q1336277
Accession number
73.192.1
Object history “The Kabriman Village of the Blackwater region of Papua New Guinea created this dance mask. These long nosed masks may represent water or bush spirits. When not being used, the masks hang in the ceiling of a special house made for them. The wickerwork is painted with a thick coat of red clay, white lime and charcoal based pigments. Sometimes red or blue enamel paint is used and feather tassels made from a cassowary, a chicken or other birds are added to the outfit. Different villages have slightly different styles of masks. Occasionally, the mask is woven down to form a full body outfit, like this particular one. The bottom of the skirt is made of sago fronds that hang to the knee, which is meant to conceal the dancer. The dancers perform in pairs during a man's scarification initiation ceremony.” The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, IMCPL Digital Collections
References Artifact description: Artifacts at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Marion County Public Library, IMCPL Digital Collections
Source/Photographer Wendy Kaveney


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