Masked Histories: Turtle Shell Masks and Torres Strait Islander Peopl

Leah Lui-Chivize

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.

Release
Jul-2022
ISBN
9780522877953
RRP (AUD)
$39.99
Pages
240
Format
Paperback & ebook
Category
History

Leah Lui-Chivize

Historian and curator Leah Lui-Chivizhe is a Torres Strait Islander with enduring family connections to the eastern and western Torres Strait. Leah teaches in indigenous histories at University of Technology, Sydney.

Melbourne University Publishing

Established in 1922, Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) is Australia’s first and top university press.

Masked Histories: Turtle Shell Masks and Torres Strait Islander Peopl
Rights
Foreign languge
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Nathan Hollier
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