Papua New Guinea, Abelam, Yam Mask

For the Abelam are mythical ancestors and the yamscult very important. This mask has an association with an ancestor. The mask is used to decorate yams and is then presented in the men's house. After this presentation, the yams will be exchanged with other villages. The person who has grown the yam does not want to eat his own crop because he feels he is eating his own child.