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.
The object Headdress with the object ID 3035389 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 209.
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