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mask

human history
  • Other Name

    pare eva (Cook Islands)

  • Description

    dancing mask

  • Place
    Mangaia/Cook Islands
  • Accession Number
    1927.124
  • Accession Date
    23 Jun 1927
  • Other Id

    1009 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

Images and documents

Images

  • mask
  • bark cloth mask; 1009
  • bark cloth mask; 1009

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1927.124, 1009
  • Public Access Text

    'Mangaia is one of the rare places in Polynesia where masks were worn, by both men and women, with tapa costumes in dances at festivals. These Mangaian masks seem to be a late nineteenth-century innovation on Mangaia, perhaps inspired by Cook Islander missionary experience of masked dancers in Melanesia.' Neich and Pendergrast, 'Pacific Tapa', 1997.

  • Cultural Origin

    Cook Islands

  • Collection
    Dr. Peter Buck (Te Rangi Hiroa)
  • Primary Maker

     unknown

  • Place
    Mangaia/Cook Islands
  • Date
    Unknown
  • Media

    bark cloth

  • Measurement Reading

    1080 x 250mm

  • Classification

    Bark Cloth

    Textileworking T&E

    Tools & Equipment

  • Last Update
    26 Feb 2018
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