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Mask «mwei»
Iatmul, Papua-Neuguinea

wood, painted with red, white and black pigment, of narrow elongated form, the long slender nose sculpted as an openwork handle touching the tapering chin, which is prolonged by a birds sculpture, the rim entirely spread with clay-like mass, abundantly decorated with cowrie- and nassa snails, the plane inbetween painted with curvilinear ornaments, coiffure of real hair;
local mask type of Tambanam - about 160 kilometers from the Sepik river mouth upwards. The mask depicts a clan ancestor, who is looked upon as the master builder of the Tambanam houses. Therefore the mask appears, whenever a new house is erected and shall bring happiness to its inhabitants. The remaining time the masks were kept in the spirit's house.
L: 53 cm, (4896/045)

Provenance:
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany

Lit.:
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat., Naturwissenschaftliches Museum Coburg 1986, p. 56 f.
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 224

Mask «mwei»
Iatmul, Papua-Neuguinea

wood, painted with red, white and black pigment, of narrow elongated form, the long slender nose sculpted as an openwork handle touching the tapering chin, which is prolonged by a birds sculpture, the rim entirely spread with clay-like mass, abundantly decorated with cowrie- and nassa snails, the plane inbetween painted with curvilinear ornaments, coiffure of real hair;
local mask type of Tambanam - about 160 kilometers from the Sepik river mouth upwards. The mask depicts a clan ancestor, who is looked upon as the master builder of the Tambanam houses. Therefore the mask appears, whenever a new house is erected and shall bring happiness to its inhabitants. The remaining time the masks were kept in the spirit's house.
L: 53 cm, (4896/045)

Provenance:
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany

Lit.:
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat., Naturwissenschaftliches Museum Coburg 1986, p. 56 f.
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 224