Known as the “Inzá Mask”, this is probably an appliqué ornament that was fastened to another object, perhaps a wooden item. Protruding from the figure are the embossed jaws of a feline, crowned by a type of diadem adorned with two symmetrical series of figures in the shape of serpents. Have you seen the ears of the feline?
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