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human head

Form: > a) Laughing face, black patina with remnants of white and red painting. There is a fist-sized hole in the top of the head. Inside is a somewhat > b) fitted 'skull plate'

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Metscho
Object type
Header mask
Dimensions
Height: 34 cm
Depth: 22 cm
Width: 28 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 21073 a,b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Cameroon
    North-west border with Bansso
    who
    Metscho
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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