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Funerary Headdress (Tugunga)
Unknownlate 19th century
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Funerary headdress. The carved head of blackened wood, decorated by an ochre pigment decoration, rests on a wood neck-base. This base is covered by basketry weavings. The forms of the face are flat in character and are marked contrast to the undulating lines of the headdress.
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Details
- Title: Funerary Headdress (Tugunga)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: late 19th century
- Location Created: Grasslands region, Northwest Province, Cameroon
- Type: Masks
- Rights: Gift of Mrs. Melville W. Hall
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4825/Funerary_Headdress_Tugunga
- Medium: Wood, rattan, pigment
- Dimensions: 33 x 14 3/16 x 14 3/16 in. (83.8 x 36 x 36 cm)
- Culture: Bamum
- Collection: Arts of Africa
- Accession number: 73.36
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