MAMA BUSHCOW MASK 4, Nigeria
Photographs © Tim Hamill
MAMA, BUSHCOW MASK 4, 13" (mask )-16"(with raffia),
$500, Nigeria
These headdresses, or horizontal helmet masks, are abstract representations
of the bushcow and emphasize aggressive power. They are worn with a thick
costume of fiber. The Mama live along the Benue River in eastern Nigeria,
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