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

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

1985?

20th century (?)

Artist not recorded

1873 AD

CA 1970, STAFF

Artist not recorded

c. 1880

Janet Golder Kgnwarreye

2019

ca. 1950

20th century