Description:
Used to decorate the gigantic long yams grown and exchanged competitively by male tribal members.
Basket yam masks are an essential part of the elaborate yam harvest ceremonies and festivals for the Abelam people of the East Sepik Province. Rituals associated with yams form the basis of the spiritual life of the Abelam.

Tags:
indigenous people

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