Malanggan Mask
Artist:
Unknown
Place made:New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
General region:Oceania
Date: 20th century
Medium: Painted wood
Dimensions:
h. 25 in. (63.5 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 77.1073
Label Text
While the artists of New Ireland continue to execute the designs handed down to them by their ancestors, their artistic expressions are not merely the products of a static tradition. Each generation includes motifs relevant to its own experience. The creator of this mask included representations of two figures in European dress.
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