The Metropolitan Museum of Art is now posting video clips from their special exhibition installations on their website:
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via The Metropolitan Museum of Art:
Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art of the Papuan Gulf
main pageEach of these two video clips shows a digitized sequence from the original silent film by Frank Hurley entitled Pearls and Savages. Both masked performances were reenacted at Hurley's request. Hurley also made still photographs of the masks, two of which are included in this exhibition.
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