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Edward Salle (born c.1939,…
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Melbourne
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11-Feb-2024
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Edward Salle (born c.1939, Madar people, Tabar Islands, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea), a finely painted wooden Malagan pole. Wood, shell, fibre, lime, and natural red, black and yellow pigments, circa 1990s. 175 cm high. Malagan is the name of the elaborate funerary ceremonies and feasts to honour the dead in New Ireland. It is also the term used to describe the masks and sculptures made for the ceremonies. Although most M alagan objects are ephemeral, discarded at the end of the festivities and allowed to disintegrate, heads and statues of this type and certain kinds of masks were kept for reuse in subsequent ceremonies. An example of Salle's work is held by the N.G.V.
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Tribal: New Guinean