05-22-200405-22-2004
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African Hide Covered Wood Headdress

African Hide Covered Wood Headdress
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$470$400
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2237Location: BostonDate / Time: May 22, 2004 10:00AM

Description:

African Hide Covered Wood Headdress, Ekoi, with woven fiber base, in the form of a head with open oval mouth showing teeth, oval eyes in recessed orbits, and pegs inserted in the coiffure, (dark patina, splits in skin covering),ht. 9 1/2 in.
Estimate $250-350

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