Credits
Curator: Debby Hershman
Assistant curator: Alexander Bogdanovsky
Exhibition design: Chanan de Lange
Graphic design: Batya Segal
Media design: Niv Moshe ben David
English translation: Nancy Benovitz
Hebrew editor: Tami Michaeli
Scientific analysis
Yuval Goren, Laboratory for Comparative Microarchaeology, Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, Tel Aviv University
Leore Grosman, Ahiad Ovadia, and Alexander Bogdanovsky, Computerized Archaeology Laboratory, Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Scientific consultation for the presentation 9,000 Years of Masks: Silvia Rozenberg
Photos and films of the ancestor cult in Africa: Naftali Hilger
Conservation: Hani Green
Exhibition producer: Guy ben Adon
Website Design and Development:
The New Media Department, The Israel Museum
Design: Haya Sheffer
Development: Avi Rosenberg
Head of the Department: Susan Hazan
Music in the website
Music: Circlesong #1 – Day of Song
Written by Bobby McFerrin. Performed by Bobby McFerrin and an audience of 50,000 at the Veltins Arena, Essen, Germany, on 5 June 2010. Recorded by Daniel F. Vicari.
© 2010 by Probnoblem Music
Photos: © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Elie Posner
Virtual tour: © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Shai Scholnic
Video clips: © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem,
by Shai Scholnic, Niv Moshe ben David, Chen Heifetz
3D models of the masks: © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
by The Computerized Archaeology Laboratory, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
The exhibition was made possible
through the generosity of
Judy and Michael Steinhardt, New York
And the donors to the Museum's 2014 Exhibition Fund:
Claudia Davidoff, Cambridge, MA, in memory of Ruth and Leon Davidoff
Hanno D. Mott, New York
The Nash Family Foundation, New York
Yad Hanadiv, the Rothschild Foundation in Israel
Additional support for the catalogue was provided by
The Muntgomery Securities and Friends
Endowment Found of the Israel Museum
The virtual tour was made possible by the American Friends of the Israel Museum BCE Circle