"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.
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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.
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Field recording courtesy of Eric Kjellgren, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Curator Eric Kjellgren on a towering slit gong from northern Vanuatu.
Explore this object:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/309995
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.
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Field recording courtesy of Eric Kjellgren, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
