CAGOULE DE DANSE
DANCING MASK

Cagoule de danse de facture récente - donc en bon état - collectée dans le village de Tambanum le long des berges du fleuve Sépik. Ce type de masque est encore porté de nos jours lors de certaines cérémonies traditionnelles. Tressage osier, bois, surmodelage argile, coquillages, fibres naturelles, plumes de casoars et pigments.

Cowl of dance recently made and thus there in good state collected in the village of Tambanum along the banks of the Sepik river. This type of mask is nowadays still worn during certain traditional ceremonies. Plaiting wicker, wood, clay surmodling, shells, natural fibers, feathers of cassowaries and pigments.