Yam Ceremonial Mask
date
about 1960
creation place
Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik
medium & support
Woven plant fiber and pigment
measurements
9 15/16 x 6 3/16 x 5 1/2 in. (25.22 x 15.7 x 13.97 cm)
credit line
Gift of David T. Owsley
accession number
1991.068.190
keywords
agriculture, baba, ceremonial mask, civilization, costume, craft, cult, culture, dancing, devotion, farm, farmer, food, harvest, industry, mask, materiality, music making, non-Christian religion, nourishment, nutrition, occupations, Polynesian/Melanesian religion, potato, religion, rite, ritual object, society, supernatural, vegetable, yam
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