Hunter's decoy headdress "burtu"

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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.

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Comparing literature

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

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