ROBERT TOMMY PAU | 'Mask dancers' Linocut Print | Sasi Victoire Mask Dancers

Mask Dancers

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Kowai (bush apple)

This selection of Woolla's traditional Kempan (baskets) and new contemporary forms

ROBERT TOMMY PAU | 'Mask dancers' Linocut Print | Sasi Victoire Mask DancersTommy Pau, Mask Dancers, 2011 Linocut printed in black ink from one block 800 x 1200 mm (paper) . 60. 5 x 900 mm (matrix) Printed by Djumbunji Press. "Dancers wear masks to protect them from the spiritual world. It is a disguise hiding their true identity when performing rituals. Dancers also are endowed with the character and spirit of a certain mask, which have been invoked into the mask with magic, thus only certain persons can wear them and