GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Heads such as this were the major sculptural components of large seated figures assembled from vines and other plant materials for the malagan. Malagan is the name for the elaborate funerary ceremonies and feasts to honor the dead in New Ireland, and it is also the term used to describe the masks and sculptures made for the ceremonies. Although most malagan objects were ephemeral, discarded at the end of the festivities and allowed to disintegrate, heads of this type and certain kinds of masks were kept for reuse in subsequent ceremonies.
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NOTES
1880s or slightly before, around the earliest period that sculpture left the island in any numbers - Louise Lincoln, MIA, in correspondence to Carol Robbins, December 31, 1986
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PROVENANCE
n.d.: Klaus Clausmeyer Collection, Dusseldorf
1966: Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Köln (traded out June 1967)
1967: Robert Stolper & Morton Lipkin, London
1975: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts purchased from Morton Lipkin [1]
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is the Collections Records object card in the Collections Records object file (1975.13).
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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WEB RESOURCES
- Tribal Trust, YouTube~Watch Mathew Salle, a carver on Tabar Islands in Papua New Guinea, make a traditional malagan sculpture.
- Tribal Trust, YouTube~Watch an interview of Edward Salle, a traditional owner of Malangan on theTabar Islands in Papua New Guinea.
- Khan Academy~Read more about the malagan and see other examples of masks and sculptures.
- Encyclopedia Britannica~Read about the climate, people, culture, and history of Papua New Guinea.
- Encyclopedia Britannica~Learn more about the region of Oceania.
- National Museums Scotland~Explore resources about arts of the Oceania region of the Pacific.
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General Description
Heads such as this were the major sculptural components of large seated figures assembled from vines and other plant materials for the malagan. Malagan is the name for the elaborate funerary ceremonies and feasts to honor the dead in New Ireland, and it is also the term used to describe the masks and sculptures made for the ceremonies. Although most malagan objects were ephemeral, discarded at the end of the festivities and allowed to disintegrate, heads of this type and certain kinds of masks were kept for reuse in subsequent ceremonies.
Adapted from
DMA Label text.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Tribal Trust, YouTube~Watch Mathew Salle, a carver on Tabar Islands in Papua New Guinea, make a traditional malagan sculpture.
- Tribal Trust, YouTube~Watch an interview of Edward Salle, a traditional owner of Malangan on theTabar Islands in Papua New Guinea.
- Khan Academy~Read more about the malagan and see other examples of masks and sculptures.
- Encyclopedia Britannica~Read about the climate, people, culture, and history of Papua New Guinea.
- Encyclopedia Britannica~Learn more about the region of Oceania.
- National Museums Scotland~Explore resources about arts of the Oceania region of the Pacific.
Notes
1880s or slightly before, around the earliest period that sculpture left the island in any numbers - Louise Lincoln, MIA, in correspondence to Carol Robbins, December 31, 1986
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
n.d.: Klaus Clausmeyer Collection, Dusseldorf
1966: Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Köln (traded out June 1967)
1967: Robert Stolper & Morton Lipkin, London
1975: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts purchased from Morton Lipkin [1]
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is the Collections Records object card in the Collections Records object file (1975.13).
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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