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MFA Gallery Instructors lead interactive guided tours for school groups at the Museum. This dedicated team of more than 120 volunteer educators has…
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NARRATOR: This mask is different from every other mask in this gallery… because it would have been worn and performed by a woman. Female masking performances are rare in Africa. The Sowei mask plays an important role in the all-female Sande Society. This society is a lifelong network of women among the Vai, Mende and neighboring peoples in present-day Sierra Leone.
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CHRISTRAUD GEARY: Now if you look at the Portuguese soldier, there are certain details that I don’t want you to miss. One is that everything is articulated in the greatest detail. Look at his hands, they’re beautifully done, and look at the fact that you can see his fingernails, even. Look at his feet, same thing, they’re beautifully executed.
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The first stages of conservation commenced in January 2015 on the enormous frame for Benjamin West’s Devout Men Taking the Body of Saint Stephen. The…
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Treatment of the frame for Benjamin West’s Devout Men Taking the Body of Saint Stephen: January 2015 Most of the current action involves careful…
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Conservation of Devout Men Taking the Body of Saint Stephen, dated 1776, by Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820): December 2014, Technical examination…
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Conservation of Devout Men Taking the Body of Saint Stephen, dated 1776, by Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820): February 2015, Surface cleaning After…