dance clothing

Head piece with eye holes, a crest, and tassels. It is mainly black/dark brown with pink areas, and decorated with cowrie shells. Bedye mask component. This mask was worn by new entrants to the mask society in the villages of both idieli and komakan. It represents a young man at his finest. Some people also refer to it as an orphan of the deceased.

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