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Dance Costume with Savi Mask (Tumbuan), 20th Century Yamok Village, Middle Sepik River region,…
Dance Mask (Tumbuan)
Dance Costume with Savi Mask (Tumbuan), 20th Century Yamok Village, Middle Sepik River region,…
Dance Costume with Savi Mask (Tumbuan), 20th Century Yamok Village, Middle Sepik River region, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia Tree bark, wood, raffia, paint and rattan; 60 × 28 × 36 in. 99.76.53 Anonymous Gift

Dance Mask (Tumbuan)

ClassificationsClothing and Adornments-masks
Date20th Century
Made AtEast Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
MediumTree bark, wood, raffia, paint and rattan
Dimensions60 × 28 × 36 in. (152.4 × 71.1 × 91.4 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object number99.76.53
DescriptionThis full-body mask is danced and performed to evoke the clan spirits from its particular village. It comes from Yamok Village in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. These dances would take place within the Spirit House (Haus Tambaran) during special rituals, most commonly at initiation rituals performed after young boys have completed the rigorous of tests of manhood, and during the celebration of the newly initiated, in the presence of a counsel of elders.
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