Hunter's decoy headdress "burtu" ·  Nigeria, Hausa · ID: 3042095

Description

Southern Ground Hornbill (Borcorvus spp.), skull of a hornbill, stretched with animal skin, rising from curved neck, eyes from mirror glass and red seed capsules, cord for attachment, min. dam., tears, traces of usage, base

The object Hunter’s decoy headdress “burtu” with the object ID 3042095 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 303 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.

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