Headgear mask | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Headgear mask
The headdress with two crocodile heads that share a base in the form of a round headpiece. The two muzzles of the crocodile heads with bared warthog teeth have an almost square opening. The object has been made from one piece of wood.The mask was worn by members of the Poro society when dancing at ceremonies and also at funerals.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Senufo
Object type
Maske
Dimensions
Breite: 480.0 mm, Höhe: 190.0 mm, Durchmesser: 215.0 mm
Material/Technique
Carving
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/2428
Provenance and sources
when
1900 - 1975
when
15.03.1976
where
Ivory Coast (location/origin)
Africa (location/origin)
Mali (location/origin)
who
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