Evolution: Torres Strait exhibit on national tour to celebrate history of ceremonial mask-making - ABC News
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Mask Mawa19th–early 20th cent Australia Saibai Island Torres Strait Wood paint shells cloth wool fiber Dimensions 50.5 cm Stock Photo - Alamy
Australian Museum - This is a Crocodile Turtle Mask. In the Torres Strait Islands turtle shell masks were worn for rituals and ceremonies. Masks represented ancestors and associated totems, frequently the crocodile.
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