Mask "mangam"

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Description

wood, greyish brown patina, red pigment, traces of black paint, unusual horns: shear-shaped and arranged lenghtwise to the head, drilled eyes (originally encased with discs), the surface structure marked by weathering and insect caused damage, cracks, rep. (horn backside and left side of the mask), metal socle

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Littérature comparée

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, München 2009, p. 411 f. R. Fardon u. a., Arts of the Benue River, Los Angeles 2011, p. 411

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