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Rare Papua New Guinea, Aramiah river, Gogodala dance mask,…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
28-May-2023
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Description:
Rare Papua New Guinea, Aramiah river, Gogodala dance mask, Ligale c.1970s, of tear drop form, with protruding mask, decorated in natural pigments of white, black and brown, a/f (missing seeds to eyes) 54 cm x 32 cm, this large shield-shaped object is actually a Gogodala dance mask (ligale) worn above the head,with the dancer looking out through the curved mouth shape at the bottom. It is carved from the buttress root of a mangrove tree and decorated with the head of the clan?s founding ancestor carved three dimensionally and the clan symbol painted above it. The clan insignia is that of the Owala clan. The Gogodala reclaimed their Art and ceremonies from western and missionary influence in the late 1960s and 1970s and began carving and creating traditional forms which had last been collected in the 1930s and 1940s. See pages 312 - 318, a. L Crawford, Aida, life and ceremony of the Gogodala?, 1981.
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Category:
Unclassified