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Yam mask
(mid 20th century)

Medium
earth pigments on clay over rattan

Measurements
22.0 × 12.5 × 6.3 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria in memory of Stanley Gordon Moriarty by Jean McKay Moriarty, Fellow, 1980
© the artists

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Maprik, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
O12-1980

Departments
Oceanic Sculpture / Pacific Art

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Physical description
Woven mask, oval shaped with circular eyes woven and pierced through, surrounded with woven concentric chevrons. A ridge runs along the centre of the face ending with a loop. Decorations of zigzag and painted patterns. Pink, white, brown, yellow ochre.