拍品 33
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TWO DAN HORN FETISHES

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TWO DAN HORN FETISHES
Each with attached wood mask and inset tufts of black hair, one secured with gum inset with cowries and abrus seeds, the other bound with cloth and gum, the mask with white metal eyes
18.5cm. and 20.5cm. long (2)
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Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

拍品專文

After the death of an important person the practitioner collects some remains of the deceased to place in the horn which is then used in the ritual treatment of his spirit: the material in the horn forms a bridge between the living and the dead. The horn is known as nsyeshe and the mask nykonkula.