Yam Mask
83-37-6
From: Maprik Area | New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 83-37-6 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Abelam |
| Provenience | Maprik Area | New Guinea |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Pith | Peel | Pigment |
| Description | Pith head, surmounted by a rattan peel headdress, pointed at top. Face yellow, with black triangle on forehead, straight black brow, close-set black eyes, narrow black nose with "anchor" nostrils. Design in red, black, yellow & white on pith above face. Peel red, black, yellow & white. Peel broken away from pith on one side. |
| Height | 53 cm |
| Width | 20 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin Bernstein in honor of Evelyn Glauser Bernstein, 1983 |
| Other Number | S591 - Other Number | 1510 - Other Number |
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