Q:  I recently acquired a PNG yam ceremony carving from the Netherlander and remembered that you had a yam god…

Unlike the red, white and black Hudok masks with their long beaks and wings, the shamans’ come in different colors…

Masks are very rare in Micronesia. Traditionally they are only found on the Satawan Atoll in the Mortlock group of…

Janet King on Pinterist has only this to say about the older mask: the Fijian people are the least talented…

Bacolod is known for its Masskara Festival which is a parade and party like that of Brazil. People wear masks…

I recently posted a wooden yam mask in bright yellow. Here is a much different, woven-basket yam mask from the…

Here we have a yam mask from the Abelam people of Maprik, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. It is…

Our bone mask from the Moluccas Islands is beautiful with its subtle carving and unusual shape. The Moluccans, located North…

Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North…

Here is a very fine example of a Batak ceremonial dance mask from the Sumatra region of Indonesia. It is…