9. • Tatanua- “crested helmet type” of Malaggan mask
• Malaggans- yearly ceremonies performed in honor of the
dead, conducted from May to July
• representations of the spiritof dead people
• representations of living individuals
12. • Traditionally made away from women and children
• “I used to carve a lot, and one of the old prohibitions was,
while engaged in a carving you did not lie with a
woman…because all the energy was tied up…” (266).
• Masks were destroyed at the end of the ceremonies
• “I carried out the rest of her commands, but it hasn‟t seemed
sufficient. She buzzes back in the back of my head like a
bluebottle sometimes” (353).
13. • “The „tribe‟ does not exclusively consist of the living . Since
the dead ancestors hold power which transcends that of the
living, they are highly revered” (Raeke).
• “Sometimes there are very good reasons for their persistence
in our world. Sometimes we have failed them” (353).