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A reader wanted to know if this mask in his possession is a likeness of St. Joan of Arc.
"This mask came into my collection, and is said to be Joan d’Arc. Would you have any idea, or where I may find out? I have been told it is a religious saint by the ring around the face, and the stars. Also, pictures of Joan I have seen look very similar. Also she has a very Norman nose shape. Also, the face is of a small person. Maybe 5 foot or 5’2"? Of course she was burned at the stake, so…..life mask?”
Everyone wears a mask. Even those of us who act brazen and will say nearly anything to anyone. Everyone has some things that they keep under their mask. What's under yours?
Strobist: Single SB-28 at 1/4 into an umbrella above the camera.
my first leather mask! I am so addicted...........
I was blessed with all the tools i needed for this new addiction from my neighbor who was cleaning out his storage unit, So after a month at staring at all the boxes I just dove in.
Its not perfect and I still have to figure out the dyeing process and lots of other techniques and a zillion of other factors but its a new adventure and really fun!
Fox mask made by nakupelle. Artist: Minna Matilda. Part of a collection made for Osugi Musical Theatre, Japan.
To Yamok... very hard to go there... Yamok is several hours walk off the Sepik.
Yamok - Tambaran - Spirithouse - geestenhuis
The Tambaran Culture
The male-dominated tambaran or tambaram culture uses the haus tambaran as a meeting-house and site for rituals and initiations. It is also used in worship for the yam cult, the yam being the staple food for the Sepik people. The women serve primarily as preparers of feasts, outsiders, and spectators. The giant spirit Nggwal is personified as noises that can be heard coming from the haus tambaran. Nggwal is the primary ancestor deity, though other cultural heroes are also often depicted in cultural and sacred arts. Ngwalndu are large, flat painted faces that line the inside of the structure. Though they are said to be representations of ancestral spirits, they can also be seen as stylized women's bodies. However, it is important to note that painting is a sacred activity for the Sepik people, and the paintings of the Sepik people are taken very seriously.
uit:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haus_Tambaran
In Yamok bezoeken we een geestenhuis of een tambaran. Daar verblijven overdag alleen mannen. Daar worden ook veel besprekingen gehouden. De tambarans zijn helemaal gesculpteerd en geverfd. Ze zijn een eerbetoon aan de voorouders.
The people in the villages along the Sepik River and its tributaries are the most active carvers in New Guinea. Each village has its distinctive styles.
Carvings of ancestor figures encircled by totems of guardian wildlife. Valuables and ritual objects are hung on the samban for protection and power.
The men carve a bird (subut) from their creation story. In the beginning, the Yamoks say everything was fluid. A crocodile raped a woman form, but the bird pulled the woman away from the clutches of the crocodile and flew her away to the safety of the grass country.
She laid two eggs, which the bird helped her tend. When they hatched, one was a human form. The other was a crocodile man (kombiomo) who now lives in the barets (channels) and rauwnwaras (oxbow lakes) between Yamok and Korogo. The kombiomo is more likely to be evil than kind.
Woman are said to hold the knowledge of the people, while men hold the power. The carving of a woman inside a power circle is protective, keeping the poison of sorcerers and other evil away.
uit:
www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/sepikriv/sepikmid/...
Antique fox mask from Y!J. It was listed as prewar, and I believe it! Very aged, but wonderfully crafted. <3
Next to a newer mask. You can see how much smaller it is, very yellowed too. This is a Toyokawa Inari shrine mask, no longer in production. The jewel on its forehead is meant to represent a Nyoi-Hoju, a Buddhist treasure said to grant any wish.
Koenji Awa Odori Dance Festival 2006 @ Back street, Koenji
東京高円寺阿波踊りにて。ひょっとこのお面。ちょっとコワい。
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The first mask attempt. I did a lot of measuring and math for this, had circumferences and how far from the top of my head my nose was, etc. Turns out I way over-planned the shape and ruined it in the process.
It came out too tight and I cut the eye hole too large. Didn't realize how much the spandex would stretch (more than you would expect). Scrapped it and tried again.
Funerary Mask.
Provenance Unknown.
Ptolemaic or Roman Period.
Funerary masks served to protect the head and face of the deceased. Not really portraits of an individual, these masks presented the deceased in an idealized manner. Here the deceased wears a wig shown in alternating stripes of blue, red, and gold. Between the two lappets of the wig is a gilt collar with raised decorations. The sides and bottom of the mask are painted to represent beadwork. The face of the deceased is gilded perhaps reflecting a belief that the flesh of the immortal gods was made of gold.
Upper Egyptian Gallery - University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
www.penn.museum/long-term-exhibits/263-upper-egyptian-gal...