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Yam mask
Yam mask
Yam mask
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentOceania

Yam mask

NameMask
Artist Artist not recorded
Date20th century
Place madePapua New Guinea, Oceania
MediumVegetal fiber, pigment
Dimensions16 5/16 × 10 × 7 in. (41.4656 × 25.4001 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.2517
Object numberA.1995.93.2517
DescriptionYam? mask; woven from vegetal fiber; some white pigmentation on "eyes", orange, black; vegetable fiber; woven, bound, basketry.
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