Headdress

early 1900s Overall: 67.3 x 43.2 x 43.2 cm (26 1/2 x 17 x 17 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.23

Headdresses or crest masks made of antelope skin stretched over a carved head are a distinctive art form of the Cross River region in southeastern Nigeria and western Cameroon. Worldwide, this practice is unique. This female evocation of ideal feminine beauty was most probably...

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1990.23
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