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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
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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Dance mask
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