Southern Abelam Balsawood Yam Mask-Roy Hedlund-New Guinea Art
Southern Abelam Balsawood Yam Mask
Southern Abelam area known as the Wosera, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Field collected by Roy James Hedlund, summer 1960
Edward M. Brownlee Collection, Honolulu
By descent through the family
Early 20th century
10 ¼” (26 cm) in height
Published in "OCEANIC ART: PROVENANCE AND HISTORY" edited by Michael Hamson, pages 162/163, item 35.