Zoomorphic headdress

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Description

wood, rattan, grass fibre, resin,

Horned mask in abstract form, partly coated with mass (resin), into which originally abrus seeds were pressed, surrounded by a lush grass fibre cuff, on a projecting base of rattan plait.

Comparable specimens published in Krieger, 1967, fig. 10 and in Berns, 2011, p. 345, ill. 10.51.

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Comparing literature

Krieger, Kurt & Gerdt Kutscher, Westafrikanische Masken, Berlin 1967, Bild 10 Berns, Marla C. et. al., Arts of the Benue River Valley, Los Angeles 2011, p. 345, ill. 10.51

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