Yam basket mask. Mask is constructed of basketry in thin strips of rattan wrapped around a frame of thicker rattan pieces. Headdress is spade-shaped, with alternating areas of open and closed basketry in black, dark yellow, rust red and white paint applied heavily onto the surface. Under a densely painted and coloured forehead are two round eyes covered in white. Open spaces fall away below, with a long slightly raised nose between, two nostrils at bottom, and to the sides an outline of a face with chin. This is covered in a rust coloured paint. The back of the piece is undecorated.

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• Type of Item mask
• Culture Abelam
• Material rattan, paint
• Measurements height 38.7 cm, width 19.5 cm, depth 1.7 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
• Received from Cornelia Hahn Oberlander

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• Made in East Sepik

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• Ownership Date before July 22, 2015
• Acquisition Date on July 22, 2015

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• Condition good
• Accession Number 3123/0086