Yams mask "silgu" · Papua New Guinea, Abelam · ID: 3041641
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Size
H: 19,5 cm
H: 7.7 inch
Description
lygodium, openworked, wickerwork coated with layers of pigments, which means that this particular yam mask must have adorned the head of a number of particular long yam roots;
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.