Yam mask, Masque, vannerie, wickerwork, papua new guinea, tribal art, oceania
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.
spirit
mask
prov
bowl
shell
large
carved
antique
figure
tribe
woven
ancestor
tribal
bird
papua
oceanic
cult
painted
canoe
bark
necklace
statue
kina
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abelam
guinea
wood
1900s
sepik
ceremonial
wooden
hook
rare
river
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