Blue cloth headdress with large ears

Made:
1890-1920
Beaded elephant mask with large circular ears

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Beaded elephant mask with large circular ears
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Beaded elephant mask with large circular ears, padded cloth eyes, ears and nose, covered in fine beadwork, long flaps for front and back of body attached, worn by members of the Kuosi at funerary and other celebrations Cameroon's, 1890-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657329
Materials:
cloth and beads, glass
type:
mask
credit:
Christol, T.