Sepik Yam mask

Sepik Yam mask from Maprik people Sepik Area Papua New Guinea

Object Type: Mask

Locality: Maprik east Sepik province Papua New Guinea

Artist: Unknown

Circa: 1950

Height: 26 cm

Description: Nice old tightly woven mask with remnant pigment. These masks were used to decorate yams in a ceremony unique to this area of Papua New Guinea.  Yam masks are common but old authentic tightly woven used examples like this one are increasingly rare to find

Price: $500 AUD

 

Sale Price $300

 

Article on Sepik masks

 

Similar mask in the Metropolitan museum of Art

Other Art objects Available

Sepik yam mask

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Like many other artifacts, this object is not just an artifact it is art. Collectors from around the world collect art from different regions. This art is Tribal art. In reality, Tribal art or ethnographic art is art from around the world.
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