Hunter's decoy headdress "burtu" · Nigeria, Hausa · ID: 3041817
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Provenance
Christian Duponcheel, Pietrebais, BelgiumSize
H: 40 cm
H: 15.7 inch
Description
skull of a hornbill wrapped in animal skin, open beak, eyes inset with seed capsules (missing on one side), min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
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