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"The ancestors watch over human activities, but are also connected with the larger workings of the cosmos." Curator Eric Kjellgren on a towering slit gong from northern Vanuatu. Explore this object: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect... Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world. Each episode is interpreted by a Museum photographer. Photography by Oi-Cheong Lee Field recording courtesy of Eric Kjellgren, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photographs and field recording courtesy of Eric Kjellgren, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseu... #TheMet #ArtExplained #Art Field recording courtesy of Eric Kjellgren, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Ikenga, Igbo Peoples, Nigeria, wood (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) Speakers: Dr. Peri Klemm and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Naming the Sowei mask Unique to the region around Sierra Leone, sowei masks are worn by senior members of the all-female Sande Society during rite-of-passage ceremonies that signify a girl's transition to adulthood. This display explores the cultural interaction that influenced the mask's form and examines the ubiquity of sowei masks in museums around the world. Before going on display, members of the Sierra Leonean community in London asked that they conduct a ceremony to give the mask a name.

Ceremony of blessing for a display of a Maori meeting house in Living and Dying, the Wellcome Trust Gallery, at the British Museum. Video features Natasha McKinney, curator, George Nuku, artist, and Kateia Burrows, Ngati Porou, Aitutaki. Speakers in the ceremony: Karl Burrows, Ngati Maru, Te Ati Awa, Whanganui.

Olowe of Ise, Veranda Post, before 1938 (Yoruba people, Nigeria), wood, pigment, 180.3 x 28.6 x 35.6 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Speakers: Dr. Peri Klemm and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.