Zemanek-Münster

Zoomorphic headdress

D. R. Congo, Budja
sold EUR 500
Provenance
Belgian Collection (1991)
Size
H: 50 cm
H: 19.7 inch

Description

wood, pokerwork, plant fibre, base

This dance crests only incidentally became known during a dance in honour of the Belgian king in the 1980s.

It was supposedly used during agrarian rites and to ask for assistance when hunting.


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