Yam Mask (Silgu)
Unidentified Abelam maker
Maprik Region
Sepik River Area
Papua New Guinea
not dated
Black, white, and red ochre pigmented basketry
Overall: 8 11/16 × 2 9/16 × 3 9/16 in. (22 × 6.5 × 9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.54.27786
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Mask
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Ancestors, Spirits, and Families: Expressing Relationships in Melanesian Art, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 47, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 11-June 30, 1996.
Art and Culture in New Guinea Societies: The Abelam and their Neighbors, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 47, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 28-April 30, 2000.
Peoples of Oceania: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 47, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 1-30, 1995.
Provenance
Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1903-1983), Los Angeles, California, in the 1950s; bequeathed to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; given to present collection, 1990.
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