面罩（Le op） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	面罩（Le op）
品名（英）	Mask (Le op)
入馆年号	1978年，1978.412.729
策展部门	迈克尔·洛克菲勒之翼（The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1840 - 公元 1900
创作地区	澳大利亚, 昆士兰（Australia, Queensland）
分类	贝壳雕塑（Shell-Sculpture）
尺寸	高 16 1/8 英寸 × 宽 11 英寸 × 深 8 1/4 英寸 (41 × 27.9 × 21 厘米)
介绍（中）	澳大利亚和新几内亚之间托雷斯海峡群岛的艺术家拥有一系列独特的艺术传统。过去，托雷斯海峡岛民的标志性艺术形式是他们独特的龟壳面具，用于各种仪式环境。用龟壳制成的面具或雕像的制作是一个有着数百年历史的传统，西方人于 1606 年首次见证，并一直持续到 19 世纪末。托雷斯海峡面具的形式、材料和图像因地区而异。在托雷斯海峡东部，被称为le op（人脸）的龟壳面具几乎普遍采用人类形象的形式，上面装饰着栩栩如生的头发和胡须。面具的底部有一个开口，可以滑过头顶，戴着面具时完全覆盖了表演者的头部和脸部。Le op 面具似乎已被用于入会仪式，也可能用于其他仪式。然而，他们主要用于葬礼仪式，以纪念和安抚死者的灵魂，使他们能够前往死者岛，该岛位于夕阳的方向。
介绍（英）	The artists of the Torres Strait Islands between Australia and New Guinea have a distinctive series of artistic traditions. In the past, the signature art form of the Torres Strait Islanders was their unique turtle-shell mask, which was used in a variety of ceremonial contexts. The creation of masks or effigies made from turtle shell was a centuries-old tradition that was first witnessed by Westerners in 1606 and continued until the end of the nineteenth century. The forms, materials, and imagery of Torres Strait masks varied from region to region. In the eastern Torres Strait, turtle-shell masks, known as le op (human face), almost universally took the form of human images adorned with lifelike coiffures and beards of human hair. Equipped with an opening on the underside, which allowed it to be slipped over the head, the mask completely covered the performer's head and face when worn. Le op masks appear to have been used in initiations and, possibly, in other rites. However, they were primarily employed in funerary ceremonies held to honor and appease the spirits of the deceased, enabling them to travel to the island of the dead, which lay in the direction of the setting sun.