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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Masked Histories: Turtle Shell Masks and Torres Strait Islander People

Masked Histories: Turtle Shell Masks and Torres Strait Islander People

Lui-Chivizhe, Leah

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Australia & OceaniaAustralian & Oceanian Art

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ISBN10: 0522877958
ISBN13: 9780522877953
Publisher: Melbourne University
Published: Aug 17 2022
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.55 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Masked Histories celebrates the remarkable Torres Strait Islander turtle shell masks that were taken by traded to Europeans throughout the nineteenth century. Displayed as curiosities or art in museums and galleries around the world, the Islander knowledges they held were silenced. Delving into old stories from both Islanders and the foreigners who had travelled to the region, Lui-Chivizhe reanimates the masks with their Islander meaning and purpose. Masked Histories uncovers the profound importance of the turtle shell masks to Islanders and reveals much about the beliefs and way of life of the people who created them.

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