
MASQUE A IGNAME
YAM MASK
DESCRIPTIF / DESCRIPTION :
Masque à igname de caractère au visage asymétrique... 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. Exposé et vendu avec son socle de présentation.
Yam mask particularly colored and finely worked. 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, feathers and pigments. Exposed and sold with its custom base.
Yam mask particularly colored and finely worked. 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, feathers and pigments. Exposed and sold with its custom base.
- REFERENCE : 998
- DIMENSION / SIZE : Env. 54 x 22 cm
- VILLAGE / VILLAGE : MAPRIK
- REGION / AREA :CÔTE NORD / NORTHERN COAST
- PAYS / COUNTRY : PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA