Kuma (hornbill helmet mask)

Small mask in clear colors, red-white-black. Two sharp bird beaks start on top of the trip. down and meet in the middle of the mask, two triangular holes can be thought of as eyes....

Mask in clear colors, red-white-black. Djuranskikte, a goat. The upper is black painted and has two horns. The eye holes on the sides of the mask are red colored. Under the eyes, o...

Photo was taken during the Second South New Guinea Expedition (1909 - 1910) and the man is wearing a sabau underneath an earbud with (imitation) diamonds. \This is a pendant made f...

Sabaw is a pendant made from the beak of a helmeted hornbill, called anggang gading. This is the helmet part or the tubercle on the beak of a certain species of hornbill, the Rhino...

Sabaw is a pendant made from the beak of a helmeted hornbill, called anggang gading. This is the helmet part or the tubercle on the beak of a certain species of hornbill, the Rhino...

Sabaw is a pendant made from the beak of a helmeted hornbill, called anggang gading. This is the helmet part or the tubercle on the beak of a certain species of hornbill, the Rhino...

Dance mask made of cut and painted wood, horsehair and skin. The mask is in two parts, the lower one forms the lower jaw and the upper upper jaw and the rest of the head. The parts...

There are various interpretations of its function in the literature. One emphasizes the protective and healing influence of the pendant on the wearer. The other states that the pen...