
MASQUE A IGNAME
YAM MASK
DESCRIPTIF / DESCRIPTION :
Ravissant masque à igname évoquant une tête d'oiseau. 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 traces de pigments. Tressage particulièrement complexe.
Yam mask particularly expressive showing a bird head. 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 tracks of pigments.
Yam mask particularly expressive showing a bird head. 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 tracks of pigments.
- REFERENCE : 883
- DIMENSION / SIZE : Env. 35 x 14 cm
- VILLAGE / VILLAGE : MAPRIK
- REGION / AREA :CÔTE NORD / NORTHERN COAST
- PAYS / COUNTRY : PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA