Headdress · Nigeria, Boki · ID: 3035389
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Size
H: 36 cm, B: 28 cm
H: 14.2 inch, B: 11.0 inch
Description
wood, nearly entirely coated with leather, animal skin, polychrome paint, in form of a buffalo head, open mouth with visible teeth and tongue, dam., cracks and missing parts (leather, base), slight traces of abrasion;
the Boki are a Bantoid group living on both sides of the Cameroon border in the upper Cross River region. Alike the neighbouring Ekoi, Ejagham and other Cross River people the Boki cultivated the tradition of headhunting.