Maker
Maker not recorded
Place / culture
Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Abelam People, 20th century
Materials
pigment, basketry
Dimensions
Overall: 47.3 x 44.3 x 14.7 cm (18 5/8 x 17 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Maker
Maker not recorded
Place / culture
Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Abelam People, 20th century
Materials
pigment, basketry
Dimensions
Overall: 47.3 x 44.3 x 14.7 cm (18 5/8 x 17 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Abelam men compete in growing extraordinarily large yams (over a meter in length), which they then display, adorned with basketry masks.
Cleveland Museum of Art · 1998.84
Gift of Nathaniel Sloane in memory of Rose White
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