Papua New Guinea

Abelam yam mask, maprik area, papua new guinea, oceanic tribal art

Abelam yam mask, maprik area, papua new guinea, oceanic tribal art
Abelam yam mask, maprik area, papua new guinea, oceanic tribal art
Abelam yam mask, maprik area, papua new guinea, oceanic tribal art
Abelam yam mask, maprik area, papua new guinea, oceanic tribal art
Abelam yam mask, maprik area, papua new guinea, oceanic tribal art
Abelam yam mask, maprik area, papua new guinea, oceanic tribal art
Abelam yam mask, maprik area, papua new guinea, oceanic tribal art
Abelam yam mask, maprik area, papua new guinea, oceanic tribal art
Abelam yam mask, maprik area, papua new guinea, oceanic tribal art
Abelam yam mask, maprik area, papua new guinea, oceanic tribal art
Abelam yam mask, maprik area, papua new guinea, oceanic tribal art

Abelam yam mask, maprik area, papua new guinea, oceanic tribal art
Masque à igname Abelam en jonc tressé présentant un très belle patine d'usage. Les masques à ignames servent à costumer les plus belles ignames sélectionnées au moment de la récolte.

Cette racine est une des principales sources alimentaires dans la vallée du fleuve Sépik. Ce masque représente la tête de l'igname, manière très symbolique de prouver que ces tubercules sacrés ont bien une âme...

Vannerie en joncs avec traces de polychromies. Maprik yam mask showing a beautiful used patina.

Yam masks serve for dressing up the most beautiful yams just harvested. This root is one of the main food resource in the Sepik river valley. This mask in basketwork represents the head of the yam.

Very symbolic way of proving that these sacred tubers indeed have a soul... DECOUVREZ NOS FILMS ET PHOTOS DE COLLECTE /. FIND OUR FILM AND FIELD PICTURES.

=> Copy : "FACEBOOK ARTIFACT Art Tribal Océanien". => Copy : "COMPILATION" sur you tube (David GODREUIL).

The item "Abelam yam mask, maprik area, papua new guinea, oceanic tribal art" is in sale since Saturday, February 2, 2019. This item is in the category "Antiques\Ethnographic\Pacific Islands & Oceania". The seller is "art-tribal-oceanien" and is located in Louannec.

This item can be shipped worldwide.


Abelam yam mask, maprik area, papua new guinea, oceanic tribal art