Yam Masks These masks, produced in the Maprik and Wosera regions, are also distinguished enough to merit their own stylistic category. When a bountiful harvest is taken, an important festival (of the same name) takes place. During this festival, yams are personified, even named, and adorned with these faces of spirits.

Fig. 14: Yam Mask, Maprik, Grasses, 9”

Fig. 15: Yam Mask, Maprik, Wood, 11”

Fig. 16: Yam Mask, Maprik, Wood, 14”

Fig. 17: Yam Mask, Maprik, Grasses, 23”

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