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Entry in the main historical catalogue: "Wooden dance make, human face with openwork carved head attachment formed from 4 lizards (2 from the front, 2 from the back). A handle twisted from rotang is attached to the hanger." Four teeth are visible in the mouth. The connection of the front lizards is broken off and missing.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Süd-Bali
Object type
Header mask (fragmented)
Dimensions
Height: 47 cm
Depth: 29 cm
Width: 37 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Rattan (Rotang, Rotan), Bones
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 29691

Provenance and sources

where
Cameroon [Land/Region]
who
Minge
Süd-Bali
who
Karl Adametz - Collectors

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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