KAMORO MASKS from New Guinea
Table of contents
Mask
RMV 3070-92, coll. National Museum of Ethnology
Introduction
I.
The Mimika region
Society
History
II.
Collecting history
The past
"Today"
III.
Kamoro art
Characteristics
The art of woodcarving
Traditional context
Continuity and change
IV.
Masks
Masked personifications of the dead
Process of manufacture
General myth concerning the origin of the masks
Snouted mask
Cap-shaped mask
Masks, then and now
The Kamoro Art Festival
Masked figures in woodcarving
V.
Glossary of concepts
VI.
Sources and further reading
VII.
Links to other web sites
VIII.
Colophon
IX.
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