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THB20th C. Papua New Guinea Uramot Baining Barkcloth Mask
Lot 134a
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East New Britain Province, Gazelle Peninsula, Uramot Baining culture, ca. early 20th century CE. A boldly dramatic hand-built barkcloth helmet mask of a highly-abstract avian form with an enormous crested head presenting exaggerated concentric circle eyes reinforced around the interior of each socket with a wooden hoop and an extended 'beak'. The opening for the wearer is behind the beak. Boldly painted registers of black-and-red stylized four-petal and abstract geometric (diamond/triangular/circular), and curvilinear motifs course along the bridge of the beak as well as the verso of the beak, bridge, and eyes. Several waddle-like appendages are attached below the beak. Known locally as a "kavat sowelmat," masks like this example were created for use in ritual ceremonies of funerary, birthing, and initiation contexts. Size: 22" W x 117" H (55.9 cm x 297.2 cm)
For a stylistically-similar example, please see The Brooklyn Museum, accession number 1994.142. Masks like this were formed by stretching bark cloth over a frame made of cane and then embellishing the barkcloth with attractive motifs. According to the curatorial team of the Brooklyn Museum, "The pigments that decorate these masks have general symbolic associations: red with masculinity, reminiscent of the flames through which the mask dances at night; black with femininity, the soot of cooking fires, and fertile earth; and white with the spirit world."
Provenance: private Tucson, Arizona, USA collection, acquired between 1950 and 1985
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#148905Some expected wear commensurate with age and use with slight fading to original pigmentation, earthen deposits and minor stains, fraying in areas, inactive insect damage to the interior of the mask behind the beak, and some loss/breaks to cane. In a few areas, wire was used to reattach elements. Wired on verso for mounting.Condition
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