Zemanek-Münster

Hunter's decoy headdress "burtu"

Nigeria, Hausa
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.


Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 97

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