Yam mask "silgu" · Papua New Guinea - Maprik · ID: 3052388
Starting price
EUR 800
Estimated price
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USAFranco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, Germany
Size
H: 45 cm
H: 17.7 inch
Description
lygodium netting, traditional pigments, base
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.
Comparing literature
Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold (Hg.), Abelam, Detmold 1989, p. 48