Yam mask
(mid 20th century)

Abelam people, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Medium: rattan
Measurements: 22.0 × 24.6 × 10.4 cm
Place/s of Execution: Maprik, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number: O18-1980
Department: 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: Woven mask, high raised and protruding face, high ridge at the centre of face, two circular holes on either side of face as eyes. Decoration of woven single strand at fibre of wavy patterns. Underside is concaved.