Headdress

Description

Headdress or mask representing a bush cow, carved wood with horns and open mouth painted with white pigment on outside and red pigment on inside of mouth. Long shredded bast fibres attached to headdress, worn horizontally on top of the head: Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yola Province, Mumuye people, early 20th century

Museum reference

A.1924.303

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Headdress, Mask

Production information

Unknown
Yola Province, Northern Nigeria, Nigeria, Western Africa

Date

Early 20th century

Style / Culture

Mumuye

Materials

Wood, Bast, Pigment

Physical description

Wood, coloured red and white; dress of shredded bast fibre

Exhibitions

• Performance and Lives (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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