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It was fixed horizontally on the top of the skull; remnants of white kaolin and traces of ritual usetheir neighbours igbo-ekpeya use similar masks during masquerades egbukere5continents; niger deltaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesource: arts of nigeria, aplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethese masks and other artistic productions are intended to honor aquatic spirits, oro, whom they worship and to whom sacrifices were intendedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablean ijo (ijaw) "otojo" helmet mask in shape of a crocodile, nigeria, was carved to honor bini oru, spirit of water, during masquerades owufishermen had to be careful not to offend these spirits or they could kill their wrath by means of the various dangerous animal species in the area, such as hippos, crocodiles or pythons
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Bought for oru kayak and used about 4 times before buying a paddle board insteadskwoosh paddling cushion with airflo breathable fabric and fluidized gel paf
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