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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Oceanic; Melanesian
Title:Yam mask
Date Made:20th century
Materials:Rattan
Place Made:Oceania; Melanesia; Malay Archipelago; New Guinea; Sepik
Measurements:17 x 11 x 5 in.
Accession Number:  MH 1979.30.12
Credit Line:Gift of Mary S. Olmsted (Class of 1941)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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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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