Yam mask "silgu" · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Maprik · ID: 3032577
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Description
lygodium netting, polychrome paint, depicting a stylized mask face, crowned by a diadem-like head ornament, min. dam., minor missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
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.
Littérature comparée
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, p. 74, ill. 154