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Conserving a Yup'ik Mask

February 4, 2019

By Caitlin Mahony and Chuna McIntyre

Conservator Caitlin Mahony consults with Chuna McIntyre, a Yup'ik dancer, on her approach to conserving a Yup'ik mask.
Image for The Mask of Agamemnon: An Example of Electroformed Reproduction of Artworks Made by E. Gilliéron in the Early Twentieth Century
Conservator Dorothy H. Abramitis explains the process of electrotyping, which was developed in the nineteenth century to reproduce many different kinds of historic metalworks.
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Behind the Mask: The Archaeology of Golden Kingdoms

January 31, 2018

By Joanne Pillsbury

Curator Joanne Pillsbury previews the exhibition Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas, which will illuminate the role of luxury arts along the Golden Road of the ancient Americas.
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Gnostic Hymn Meets Modern Electronics: Jóhann Jóhannsson's Drone Mass

March 10, 2015

By Michael Cirigliano II

Ahead of its world premiere on March 17 in The Temple of Dendur, Website Editor Michael Cirigliano II discusses Drone Mass with the work's composer, Jóhann Jóhannsson.
Image for Reconfiguring an African Icon: Odes to the Mask by Modern and Contemporary Artists from Three Continents
The current exhibition Reconfiguring an African Icon: Odes to the Mask by Modern and Contemporary Artists from Three Continents reflects the dynamic intersection of two areas of the Museum's permanent collections—it is presented in the spacious passageway between the galleries of modern art and those dedicated to the arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
Image for This 3,000-year-old Olmec face was made to last. What can we learn from it?
"Being able to recognize a face is one of those fundamental survival skills."
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The Metropolitan Museum’s Excavations at Qasr-i Abu Nasr

June 1, 2018

By Caitlin Chaves Yates

The French monopoly on excavations in Iran ended in 1930, presenting the Metropolitan Museum with an ideal opportunity to apply to the Iranian Antiquities Department for permission to excavate a site.
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Connections: Maps

January 24, 2011

By Melanie Holcomb

Medieval art curator Melanie Holcomb talks about how maps help her make sense of the world.
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Baaba Maal

March 9, 2020
Senegalese icon Baaba Maal highlights traditional instruments and musical storytelling of the Sahel in this rare acoustic performance in The Met's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.
Image for Creativity on the Maya Periphery: A Chamá-Style Vase at The Met
Assistant Curator James Doyle highlights a Maya drinking cup in The Met collection created in the rare Chamá style.
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Mask

Date: ca. 1870
Accession Number: 2017.718.4.2

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Mask

Date: ca. 1870
Accession Number: 2017.718.4.1

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Mask

Date: ca. 1900
Accession Number: 2017.718.3

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Mask

Inscribed by Myōchin Muneakira (Japanese, Edo period, 1673–1745)

Date: dated 1745
Accession Number: 19.115.2

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Mask

Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.1518

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Mask

Condorhuasi-Alamito artist(s)

Date: 400 BCE–500 CE
Accession Number: 2016.734.4

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Mask

Condorhuasi-Alamito artist(s)

Date: 400 BCE–500 CE
Accession Number: 2016.734.5

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Mask

Condorhuasi-Alamito artist(s)

Date: 400 BCE–700 CE
Accession Number: 2015.598

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Mask

Date: 8th–early 9th century
Accession Number: 1998.544.464

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Mask

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1978.7