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Mudmen

Eastern Art image, Ea12743 (image/tiff)
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Summary

: Ea12743

: World Cultures

: painting

: Mudmen

: Kauage, Mathias

: 'Mudmen' showing two Asaro mudmen dressed for dancing, with mud masks and jewellery, and their bodies coated in mud. The text in Neo-Melanesian explains the image: 'Dispela tupela Asaro mudman i bilas na go long Goroka Show na danis', These two Asaro mudmen decorated themselves and go to the Goroka Show and dance. Verso: reused sheet of paper with outline of two figures obliterated by ?gloss paint. Acrylic on paperSigned bottom left Artis Matias Kauage 1996 PNG Artist: Matthias Kauage

Current Location

: Papua New Guinea, Oceania / Melanesia, Pacific

: Chimbu

: Asaro

: Kauage, Mathias

: 1992

: Goroka Show

: 1996

: Purchased with assistance from the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, The Bristol Magpies and the Friends of Bristol Art Gallery, 2004.

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