Photographs © Tim Hamill
MAMA, BUSHCOW MASK 9, 16.75", $300, SOLD
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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