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Hausa

Hunter’s Bird Decoy Headdress (Burtu)

Hausa, 1900-1932

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Hunter’s Bird Decoy Headdress (Burtu)

Hausa

Hunter’s Bird Decoy Headdress (Burtu)

Hausa

Hunter’s Bird Decoy Headdress (Burtu)

Hausa, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Great Hornbill skull and beak, wood, leather, abrus seeds, glass, feather, 12 x 12 5/8 in. (30.5 x 32 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1954.145.107
In the form of a bird decoy (burtu)
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Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.64, ill.

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