MASQUE A IGNAME
YAM MASK

Masque à igname Papou. Ce type de masque en vannerie sert à costumer certains ignames et ainsi, avec d' autres éléments de décoration corporels, de les transformer en effigies humaines. Ces rites, organisés au moment de la récolte de ces tubercules sacrés, sont un hommage aux ancêtres du clan, lesquels étant sensés influer sur le bon déroulement des prochains cycles de culture. Jonc tressé et pigments naturels. Art tribal océanien.

Papuan yam mask.This kind of mask in basketwork serve for dressing up certain yams and so, with the other physical elements of decoration, to transform them into human effigies. These rites, organized at the time of the harvest of these sacred tubers, are one tributes to the ancestors of the clan, which being sensible to influence the good progress of the next cycles of culture. Braided rush and natural pigments.After the harvest, the yams are decorated with masks and other body ornaments and so transformed into human effigies. Basketry, clays.