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reclining male and female figures engaged in sexual intercourse; man wears headdress with two birds; body and face markings in white, brown, orange and yellow

Plaque, mid 20th century

Abelam

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head-covering, helmet-type mask with very large eyes and beaklike nose; eyes are red, brown and yellow; small ears with feather earring in PL ear and feather topknot

Spirit Mask (baba), c. 1950

Abelam

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pointed face with bulging white eyes; ovoid headdress with radiating design of alternating linear zigzags and solid color bands or rust red and yellow; wooden pick behind supports face

Yam Mask, c. 1975

Abelam

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pointed face with flat yellow sides and large open white eyes; loop at nose, small mouth opening; short, rounded headdress of solid black, one zigzag row and outer dark band

Yam Mask, c. 1975

Abelam

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ceremonial house figure; wood and pigment; Papua New Guinea, East Sepik, Abelem Tribe; the figure in form of a wooden anthropomorphic figure with large oval shaped face and beard-like formation around chin; nose is pierced and mouth is slightly open; the head is surmounted by two large hornbill heads; there are also five hornbill heads at the base arranged in a pattern of opposing hook forms; the body consists of a thin shaft covered with forms in high relief; there are two large birds in front; at the sides, there are two heads similar to the principle head and numerous parrots and other bird heads; brilliant red and yellow ochre and white pigment have been applied to areas of the figure (John A. Friede)

Ceremonial House Figure, 20th century

Abelam

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pointed nose; brown band with white zigzag row below at top; face painted white, orange and yellow with orange eyes; loop at chin

Yam Mask, c. 1975

Abelam

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Yam Storehouse Gable; with painted spirit faces; rattan and earth pigments on palm fronds

House Gable, 20th century

Abelam

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Plaited fibers

Yam Mask, 20th century

Abelam

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Spirit Mask (baba), before 1960

Abelam

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