A BIJUGO BUFFALO MASK HEADDRESS, the face pierced horizontally at the jaws to show the inset tongue, the nose encrusted with mud and modelled with nostrils, encrusted circular eyes, curved horns, the flared base with wing-like ears and attached plaited and twisted fibre binding, painted red triangles within black borders about the jaws and back of head, the remainder painted black and white, minor old damages

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A BIJUGO BUFFALO MASK HEADDRESS, the face pierced horizontally at the jaws to show the inset tongue, the nose encrusted with mud and modelled with nostrils, encrusted circular eyes, curved horns, the flared base with wing-like ears and attached plaited and twisted fibre binding, painted red triangles within black borders about the jaws and back of head, the remainder painted black and white, minor old damages
45cm. high
Provenance
Ulfert Wilke

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