Mid 20th Century Hand-Carved Abelam "Yam" Helmet Mask (PNG) Unique Art West Africa

West Africa

whose movement fill the atmosphere with activeness and auspiciousness

and is believed to appear only during the reign of just rulers

specifically the Turkana people of Kenya

and a deep

Mid 20th Century Hand-Carved Abelam "Yam" Helmet Mask (PNG) Unique Art West AfricaTraveling Man treasures is selling this handcrafted Abelam inspired "Yam" helmet mask from Papua New Guinea. While this is a non traditionally designed mask, there are many design elements present that appear on other customary Abelam artwork. Particularly salient are the sapsap decoration on the forehead and the stylistic representation of the headdress, as well as the plant based paints. This particular design has less common squarish and chiseled