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Woman with a large belly and an elongated head hanging down from being stooped over. Face is marked with tribal scars of diagonal grooves. Four sets of grooves radiate from the navel. Back is hunched over with the arms resting at either side. The knees are bent and the feet are long.
Brown wood helmet mask of an animal with bulbous eyes, ears, and horns. Large open mouth with jaws and very large teeth, five and six pairs deep. Upper teeth have incised diagonal lines. Fabric band across the forehead decorated with cowrie shells and extends back around the top of the head where a horn is attached at either side. Inside and back are filled with a light brown raffia-like material.
Large, standing, stylised hornbill sculpture. Carved of dark brown stained wood. Triangular head with long, bent beak that connects to the belly of the figure. Thick, arched neck with flat back, and protruding tail feathers below. Large, rectangular outstretched wings with two square cutouts on each side. Eyes, beak and feet are carved in relief. The feet have five long talons. Circular base.
Carved wooden mask depicting a humanoid face with a prominent brow; rounded ridge runs down lower half of brow, extending into thin nose. Face smoothly curves outward into a protruding chin; trapezoid-shaped mouth along outer edge, teeth carved in relief. Incised linear motifs across forehead, cheeks, and above eye slits. Two curved horns extend from either side of mask, square protrusions underneath horns; horns decorated with cross-hatching, squares have tiered rectangles across surface. Two cylinders extend from top of mask, framing an inverted triangle with horizontal bars on its front. Sides of mask have holes drilled into them; interior is hollowed.
Wooden stool in the shape of a four-legged animal. Figure has a long, thin face and oval-shaped ears on either side of its head. High ridge runs down centre of face, with semi-circular eyes incised on either side. Mouth is carved wide open. Bridle-like ring done in relief around muzzle. Band of braided plant fibre- coloured yellow, green and red- secured around animal’s neck. Long strands of matching fringe extend from bottom edge of band, covering neck and imitating a mane. Cloth strip tied around animal’s neck, as well as a long, light brown cord. Cord loops around body of animal, imitating reins. Saddle and girth carved in relief on back and stomach. Rings, done in relief, decorate each leg. Animal has a rectangular tail, that curves downward, and is covered in strands of red and yellow plant fibre.