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THBMid 20th C. West Papua Asmat Fiber Body Mask
Lot 91a
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Indonesia, western Irian Jaya / West Papua, Asmat people, ca. mid 20th century CE. A beautifully preserved example of a Jipae festival body mask. It features a woven basketry headdress and bodice with wide, hoop-like openings for the arms and dangling sago leaf sleeves and skirt. A loop through the nose probably once held an ornament - other Jipae masks have carved shells or beads. Long clay beaded fringes hang from the ears and small grey clay beads encircle the mouth and eyes. Size: 12" W x 50" H (30.5 cm x 127 cm); 44" H (111.8 cm) on included custom stand.
This item is also known as a doroe or dekewar. Masks in the Jipae festival represent the deceased. The Asmat dance the ceremony to urge these ancestors to return to the "safan", the world of the ancestors. Fascinatingly, each mask corresponds to a specific deceased member of the community, and the dancer wearing the mask agrees to take on the responsibilities of the deceased, including caring for their children. See a similar example at the British Museum (Oc1975,01.1).
Provenance: private Tucson, Arizona, USA collection, acquired between 1950 and 1985
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#152496Light wear commensurate with age including some slight discoloration. Some of the white pigment is flaking in places. Some of the beads are missing, notably around one eye. Some of sago leaves are lost or truncated but most remain.Condition
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