Baba Helmet Mask ,Abelam People, Papua New Guinea
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Baba Helmet Mask, Abelam and neighboring peoples of North East New Guinea
Associated with the male initiation cycle during which they are worn.
The example had a crown of cassowary feather which has been deleted by time and insects.Woven of fiber and decorated with pigment and worn with a shaggy costume of made from strips of leaves.
Mid 20th C