Headcrest "baba"

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Description

lygodium wickerwork, remains of pigments, eye zone in form of several open worked rings, min. dam., small missing parts;
such masks depict the “spirit of kutagwa” (a strong female spirit of the forrest). Masquerades are performed in secret during the so-called “baga celebrations”.

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Comparing literature

G. Aumann, Ausstellungskatalog Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Natur-Museum Coburg 1986, p. 73

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