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Jipae

On display
human history
2002.28.29; 55778; mask; 3/4

Images and documents

Images

  • 2002.28.29; 55778; mask; 3/4
  • 2002.28.29; 55778; Costume; front
  • 2002.28.29; 55778; Costume; front
  • 2002.28.29; 55778; Costume; front
  • 2002.28.29; 55778; Costume; front
  • 2002.28.29; 55778; Costume; side
  • 2002.28.29; 55778; Costume; back
  • 2002.28.29; 55778; Costume; feather detail

Artefact

  • Display location

    Pacific Masterpieces

  • Credit Line
    Gift of Mr Todd Barlin
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 2002.28.29, 55778
  • Public Access Text

    Asmat people live in southwestern West Papua. Veneration of ancestors is integral to Asmat culture, and permeates every facet of life. Dancers dressed in full-body costumes represent the ancestors during funerary rites. They enact a meeting of the living and their recently departed before a final withdrawal to the afterworld.

    The Asmat construct these costumes by netting rolled string fibre, and painting them with pigments. Strands of plain fibre strips are attached at the arms and hem and left loose as fringing.

  • Place
    Asmat/West Irian/Indonesia West Papua/Indonesia
  • Media

    plant fibre/natural fibre/fibre

  • Measurement Reading

    1300mm

    500mm

  • Classification

    Costume, Dance

    Dance Artefacts

    Ceremonial Artefacts

    Communication Artefacts

  • Last Update
    28 Jul 2023
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