Yam Mask
Unknown Artist
1900s
Medium
pigment, basketry
Dimensions
47.3 × 44.3 × 14.7 cm
Classification
Basketry
Department
Oceania
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Nathaniel Sloane in memory of Rose White
Accession Number
1998.84
About this artwork
Abelam men compete in growing extraordinarily large yams (over a meter in length), which they then display, adorned with basketry masks.