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Yam mask

Yam mask
 (mid 20th century)

Medium
earth pigments on clay over rattan
Measurements
22.3 × 16.0 × 9.2 cm
Place/s of Execution
Maprik, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
O17-1980
Departments
Oceanic Sculpture / Pacific Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria in memory of Stanley Gordon Moriarty by Jean McKay Moriarty, Fellow, 1980
© the artists
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Stylised woven mask, oval shaped with woven concentric chevrons at the centre of the face. Woven crown like head piece, two circular ears protruding on either sides of the head.