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UNSIGHTED MASK [3 records]

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Record 1 1996-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
  • Dance
CONT

The two masks fit over each other and are believed to have been worn together during Naxnox performances. The audience would see only one mask at a time, and believe the dancer had the power to change stone at will. The transition from sighted to unsighted mask(creating an illusion of opening and closing the eyes) during the dances was presumably hidden by the dancer's costume.

OBS

Source: Brochure prepared by the Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1994-1995.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
  • Danse
CONT

Ces deux masques se superposent, et l'on croit qu'ils étaient portés en même temps à l'occasion du Naxnox. L'assistance ne voyait qu'un masque à la fois et attribuait au danseur le pouvoir de transformer la pierre. On croit que le costume du danseur camouflait le changement du masque de l'aveugle au masque du voyant, et vice-versa, pendant les danses, ce qui donnait l'illusion que le masque ouvrait et fermait les yeux.

OBS

Source : dépliant préparé par le Musée canadien des civilisations, 1994-1995.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
CONT

The two masks fit over each other and are believed to have been worn together during Naxnox performances. The audience would see only one mask at a time, and believe the dancer had the power to change stone at will. The transition from sighted to unsighted mask(creating an illusion of opening and closing the eyes) during the dances was presumably hidden by the dancer's costume.

OBS

Source: Brochure prepared by the Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1994-1995.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
CONT

Ces deux masques se superposent, et l'on croit qu'ils étaient portés en même temps à l'occasion du Naxnox. L'assistance ne voyait qu'un masque à la fois et attribuait au danseur le pouvoir de transformer la pierre. On croit que le costume du danseur camouflait le changement du masque de l'aveugle au masque du voyant, et vice-versa, pendant les danses, ce qui donnait l'illusion que le masque ouvrait et fermait les yeux.

OBS

Source : dépliant préparé par le Musée canadien des civilisations, 1994-1995.

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
CONT

The two masks fit over each other and are believed to have been worn together during Naxnox performances. The audience would see only one mask at a time, and believe the dancer had the power to change stone at will. The transition from sighted to unsighted mask(creating an illusion of opening and closing the eyes) during the dances was presumably hidden by the dancer's costume.

OBS

Source: Brochure prepared by the Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1994-1995.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
CONT

Ces deux masques se superposent, et l'on croit qu'ils étaient portés en même temps à l'occasion du Naxnox. L'assistance ne voyait qu'un masque à la fois et attribuait au danseur le pouvoir de transformer la pierre. On croit que le costume du danseur camouflait le changement du masque de l'aveugle au masque du voyant, et vice-versa, pendant les danses, ce qui donnait l'illusion que le masque ouvrait et fermait les yeux.

OBS

Source : dépliant préparé par le Musée canadien des civilisations, 1994-1995.

Spanish

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