may 14, 1910 - 222 Malagan display and mask
Description:
20th century
Wood, pigment, fiber and shell
Papua New Guinea
Malagan is a ritual for the people of New Ireland which is a part of Papua New Guinea.
Express many complex religious and philosophical ideas
Concerned with honoring and dismissing the dead
Affirm identity of clan groups.Used during a single occasion then destroyed.
Mask: Funeral rites: bid farewell to the dead and celebrate life
Represents: dead ancestors, ges (spirit double of an individual)
When the piece is bought, the seller surrenders the right to use that style and rites. This encourages more elaborate masks to be made.
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By Jewells Escamilla
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