Máscara

Austrália, estreito de Torres, provavelmente ilha Mabuiag

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As máscaras de casco de tartaruga são somente encontradas nas ilhas do estreito de Torres (entre Austrália e Nova Guiné). Foram construídas aquecendo pedaços de casco para curvá-los e obter a forma desejada; depois perfuravam as bordas e as amarravam com fibras vegetais para criar formas tridimensionais. Esta máscara, talvez da ilha de Mabuiag, era usada para cerimônias fúnebres e rituais de riqueza (rituais cuja finalidade era obter colheitas generosas e caça e pesca abundantes). Durante os rituais, os homens vestidos com máscaras, chamadas buk, krar ou kara e trajes de ráfia encenavam eventos das vidas de heróis culturais primitivos. É possível que esta máscara tenha sido um retrato de um herói e que o pássaro fragata que o vence fosse seu totem.

Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara), Turtle shell, wood, cassowary feathers, fiber, resin, shell, paint, Torres Strait Islander

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Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara), Turtle shell, wood, cassowary feathers, fiber, resin, shell, paint, Torres Strait Islander
Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara), Turtle shell, wood, cassowary feathers, fiber, resin, shell, paint, Torres Strait Islander
Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara), Turtle shell, wood, cassowary feathers, fiber, resin, shell, paint, Torres Strait Islander
Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara), Turtle shell, wood, cassowary feathers, fiber, resin, shell, paint, Torres Strait Islander
Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara), Turtle shell, wood, cassowary feathers, fiber, resin, shell, paint, Torres Strait Islander
Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara), Turtle shell, wood, cassowary feathers, fiber, resin, shell, paint, Torres Strait Islander
Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara), Turtle shell, wood, cassowary feathers, fiber, resin, shell, paint, Torres Strait Islander
Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara), Turtle shell, wood, cassowary feathers, fiber, resin, shell, paint, Torres Strait Islander
Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara), Turtle shell, wood, cassowary feathers, fiber, resin, shell, paint, Torres Strait Islander
Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara), Turtle shell, wood, cassowary feathers, fiber, resin, shell, paint, Torres Strait Islander
Mask (Buk, Krar, or Kara), Turtle shell, wood, cassowary feathers, fiber, resin, shell, paint, Torres Strait Islander

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