
MASQUE A IGNAME
YAM MASK
DESCRIPTIF / DESCRIPTION :
Masque à igname collecté dans la région de Maprik en papouasie Nouvelle Guinée. Les masques à ignames servent à costumer les plus belles ignames selectionnées au moment de la récolte. Ce masque en vannerie représente la tête de l'igname, manière très symbolique de prouver que ces tubercules sacrés ont bien une âme... Jonc tressé et pigments naturels.
Coloured yam mask, particularly expressive collected in Maprik area. Yam masks serve for dressing up the most beautiful yams just harvested. This mask in basketwork represents the head of the yam. Very symbolic way of proving that these sacred tubers indeed have a soul... Rush plainting and natural pigments.
Coloured yam mask, particularly expressive collected in Maprik area. Yam masks serve for dressing up the most beautiful yams just harvested. This mask in basketwork represents the head of the yam. Very symbolic way of proving that these sacred tubers indeed have a soul... Rush plainting and natural pigments.
- REFERENCE : 493
- DIMENSION / SIZE : Env. 37 x 20 cm
- VILLAGE / VILLAGE : MAPRIK
- REGION / AREA :CÔTE NORD / NORTH COAST
- PAYS / COUNTRY : PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA