A large circular woven yam headdress from the Eastern Abelam, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. This particular type is called a doa, and it is woven in a coiled manner with strips from the stem of the lygodium vine. It measures 19.5” high by 17.5” wide and is painted with local pink and white pigments. From the 1930s – 1940s.  #2295  $500