Hunter's decoy headdress "burtu" · Nigeria, Hausa · ID: 3036610
sold
EUR 500
Size
H: 43,5 cm
H: 17.1 inch
Description
made of the skull of a hornbill stretched with leather, cord for fixing it on the hunters head, min. dam., tears, slight traces of abrasion, base;
hunters made nodding movements to imagine the wild game to be safe.
The object Hunter’s decoy headdress “burtu” with the object ID 3036610 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 432 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 97