Neck ornament of the headhunters "kalabubu"

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Description

made of coconut discs, a clip made of brass in the middle showing a head-like appendage;
a symbol for manhood and sign that its owner has already captured a human head, at the same time it has a protective function for the whole village.

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Littérature comparée

Rodgers, Susan , Power and Gold, Munich, New York 1990, p. 237 & 319

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