Yam-mask "silgu" · Papua New Guinea - Maprik · ID: 3035100
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Size
H: 35,5 cm
H: 14.0 inch
Description
lygodium, painted with red and yellow ochre, black and white pigment, vaulted mask face with crested comb, diadem-shaped head ornament, partly in openwork-design, paint rubbed off;
masks of that kind were used when the “big yam” was harvested. The fruit was looked upon as a spiritual being and was adorned with such masks and feathers of the white cockatoo.
The object Yam-mask “silgu” with the object ID 3035100 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 35.
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