DepartmentOceania

Yam mask

NameMask

Artist Artist unrecorded

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

Collections

DescriptionYam? mask; woven from vegetal fiber; some white pigmentation on "eyes", orange, black; vegetable fiber; woven, bound, basketry.

20th century

20th century

20th century

c. 1880

2019

ca. 1950

Artist unrecorded

c. 1960

Artist unrecorded

Early 20th century

Manuel Jimenez

c. 1960

Artist unrecorded

ca 1982

Mid-20th century

George Lopez

ca. 1950