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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.

editorial

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.

editorial

Reconfiguring an African Icon: Odes to the Mask by Modern and Contemporary Artists from Three Continents

July 7, 2011

By Yaëlle Biro

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.

Art

Mask

19th century

Alphonse Legros

Plaster

Art

Mask

19th century

Alphonse Legros

Plaster

Art

Mask

1950–65

Feathers, shell, wood, fiber

Art

Mask

dated 1745

Myōchin Muneakira

Iron, lacquer, textile (silk)

Art

Mask

dated 1713

Myōchin Muneakira

Iron, lacquer

editorial

The Mask of Agamemnon: An Example of Electroformed Reproduction of Artworks Made by E. Gilliéron in the Early Twentieth Century

June 1, 2011

By Dorothy H. Abramitis

Conservator Dorothy H. Abramitis explains the process of electrotyping, which was developed in the nineteenth century to reproduce many different kinds of historic metalworks.

Art

Mask

400 BCE–500 CE

Condorhuasi-Alamito artist(s)

Stone