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Nawa ceremony mask design

Apokwinya
Nawa ceremony mask design
 1973

Medium
gouache on black paper

Measurements
100.8 × 72.0 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through the NGV Foundation with the assistance of The Thomas William Lasham Fund, Founder Benefactor, 2001
© Courtesy of the copyright holder

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Bangwis village, Washkuk Hills, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
2001.473

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
Hamikwa totemic. The painting is a highly stylised representation of a design painted on Nawa masks worn during Nawa ceremony. Nawa ceremony is the most ancient of all rituals in Kwoma cultures.

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