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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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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Object type
Maske
Dimensions
Breite: 25 cm, Höhe: 54.5 cm, Tiefe: 28
cm
Material/Technique
Pigment, Wood, Lime
carved, painted, perforated, notched
carved, painted, perforated, notched
Current location
Linden-Museum
Stuttgart
Inventory number
004549
Provenance and sources
when
before 1899
where
West New Britain Province
when
1899
Provenance
Albert Hahl
(1868-1945) was Vice-Governor of the Eastern Caroline Islands
(Micronesia) from 1899 to 1901 and held the office of Governor of German
New Guinea from 1902 to 1914. Even before this time, he was imperial
judge for the Bismarck Archipelago from 1896 to 1898, based in what was
then Herbertshöhe, now Rabaul in New Britain. The history of the
property before its acquisition by A. Hahl is currently unknown. Text:
Ulrich Menter
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