Masked Histories

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A celebration of the extraordinary turtle shell masks of the Torres Strait.

Masked Histories celebrates the remarkable Torres Strait Islander turtle shell masks that were taken or traded by 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 and, in so doing, powerfully recreates the past. Masked Histories advances a vivid new history, uncovering the profound importance of the turtle shell masks to all Islanders and revealing much about the people who created them.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780522877953
Published: July 2022

Number of pages: 240
Width: 172 mm
Height: 234 mm
Depth: 15 mm

Publisher: Melbourne University Press