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Tsimshian masks can usually be attributed to the naxnox dramatisations in which family owned names are bestowed on adults
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Tsimshian masks can usually be attributed to the naxnox dramatisations in which family owned names are bestowed on adults, An actor enters the dance house wearing a carved dance mask exhibiting the qualities of the name. In this example the name conceited woman is successfully represented. Northwest Coast of America. Tsimshian. collected Nass River in 1913.
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Werner Forman Archive/ Provincial Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Museum no. 9913
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A29_232
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Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
35,6Mo (1,3Mo) / 29,7cm x 30,0cm / 3512 x 3544 (300dpi)