Collection Online as of March 31, 2023
Yam Mask
Pigment, basketry
Overall: 47.3 x 44.3 x 14.7 cm (18 5/8 x 17 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Gift of Nathaniel Sloane in memory of Rose White 1998.84
Location
not on view
Description
Abelam men compete in growing extraordinarily large yams (over a meter in length), which they then display, adorned with basketry masks.