Tribal Headdress ID?

Discussion in 'Art' started by Frank Luongo, Sep 14, 2023.

  1. Frank Luongo

    Frank Luongo Active Member

    I need help identifying origin and other info for this Papua New Guinea old headdress
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    Frank Luongo, Sep 14, 2023
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  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    not one I recognize ,,,,,,:sorry:
     
    komokwa, Sep 14, 2023
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  3. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    It may be an (incomplete) headdress from Vanuatu, of a type used in "tamate" dances that honor the dead. They are constructed on such domed frameworks, made of split bamboo, and surmounted by a variety of effigy figures. Here are some photos showing them in use, taken from an article by Bernard Vienne: Masked Faces from the Country of the Dead; published in Arts of Vanuatu, University of Hawai’i Press, 1996.

    Vanuatu tamate dancers.jpg

    Vanuatu tamate headdress 2.jpg

    More information on such masks, and references, here -

    https://encyclocraftsapr.com/mask-making/
     
    2manybooks, Sep 15, 2023
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