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kakaparaga
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Mask
The exact usage contexts of wooden hooded masks from the Witu Islands are not known. However, it was surmised that these masks appeared during funeral ceremonies. The design of the traditional masks follows relatively strict conventions, with the elongated eye areas in blue being particularly striking. While the facial side of the mask has been given only little plasticity, the reverse side is decorated with carvings and an abstract painting. Text: Ulrich Menter
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Maske
- Dimensions
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Width: 25 cm
Height: 43 cm
Depth: 28 cm - Material/Technique
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Pigment, Wood
carved, perforated, notched, painted
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 013527
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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before 1900
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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West New Britain Province
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Change of physical control
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when
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1901
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- Provenance
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The Linden
Museum received this mask in 1901 as a gift from Rudolf von Bennigsen
(1859-1912). Bennigsen was the first governor of the colony of German
New Guinea from 1899-1901. The previous acquisition history of this
object is currently unknown. Text: Ulrich
Menter
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- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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