Yam mask
Medium
Basketry, pigment
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
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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