© Tim Hamill
© Tim Hamill
MAKONDE, HELMET MASK 12, 9", SOLD
These unusually realistic heads include strong, portrait-like features,
real human hair applied in shaved patterns and raised facial scarification.
They represented an ancestral spirit in initiation ceremonies and served
to express their moral code.
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